{"id":2423,"date":"2021-08-20T19:30:01","date_gmt":"2021-08-20T10:30:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/rageworx.info\/?p=2423"},"modified":"2021-08-20T19:30:01","modified_gmt":"2021-08-20T10:30:01","slug":"loyalty-secu-usb-print-server-non-wireless","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/rageworx.info\/?p=2423","title":{"rendered":"Loyalty-Secu USB print server (non-wireless)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>As far as working from home extended by COVID-19, I need to buy a server for my old printer to do print anywhere, any device include macOS. So I had a dangerous tripped to buying a small USB print server.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-2424\" src=\"https:\/\/rageworx.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/home_-960x702.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"960\" height=\"702\" srcset=\"https:\/\/rageworx.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/home_-960x702.jpg 960w, https:\/\/rageworx.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/home_-768x562.jpg 768w, https:\/\/rageworx.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/home_-624x456.jpg 624w, https:\/\/rageworx.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/home_.jpg 1251w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 960px) 100vw, 960px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>There&#8217;s too many things about supporting USB printers as a stand-alone server (or I should make an own server with RaspberryPi3B+ but the lazy always makes events) but I can make narrow choice for one product with my conditions as below,<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Don&#8217;t need additional wireless feature, too much frequency hell for now.<\/li>\n<li>It should be joined to NAT.<\/li>\n<li>Just around 20 USD, not much more price don&#8217;t allowed.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>It was a small cubic device. 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One USB-C port for connect PC or Power supply, One RJ-45 port for joint to a network, and a normal USB port for printer.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-2429\" src=\"https:\/\/rageworx.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/IMG_20210729_144820-960x377.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"960\" height=\"377\" srcset=\"https:\/\/rageworx.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/IMG_20210729_144820-960x377.jpg 960w, https:\/\/rageworx.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/IMG_20210729_144820-768x302.jpg 768w, https:\/\/rageworx.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/IMG_20210729_144820-1536x604.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/rageworx.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/IMG_20210729_144820-624x245.jpg 624w, https:\/\/rageworx.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/IMG_20210729_144820.jpg 1600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 960px) 100vw, 960px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Shell is not well plastic-injection-molded, little loose to join part, easily detached &#8211; so I need to put some adhesive to fix it. PCB\u00a0 coated with black material &#8211; very economical choice. There&#8217;s too many empty components, seller answered my question &#8211; it was empty place for customer&#8217;s request, even they described default feature as like micro SD (TF-card) for store what I print.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-2430\" src=\"https:\/\/rageworx.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/IMG_20210729_144904-960x827.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"960\" height=\"827\" srcset=\"https:\/\/rageworx.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/IMG_20210729_144904-960x827.jpg 960w, https:\/\/rageworx.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/IMG_20210729_144904-768x662.jpg 768w, https:\/\/rageworx.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/IMG_20210729_144904-624x537.jpg 624w, https:\/\/rageworx.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/IMG_20210729_144904.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 960px) 100vw, 960px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>AP is Nuvoton&#8217;s NUC980DK61YC. A single ARM928E armv8 32bit processor. Running on Embedded Linux kernel v3.4, maybe using squashfs on NAND flash. There&#8217;s many kindly explained empty port to reverse or debugging. Empty SPIO may leave for wireless features. Seems to SPI NAND upside AP, DDR3 memory embedded inside AP ASIC.<\/p>\n<p>UC980DK61 is an AP made for IoT devices, And Loyaly-Secu may make it as a USB print server. I put a heatsink to prevent unexpected reset by overheated.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-2431\" src=\"https:\/\/rageworx.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/IMG_20210729_145903-960x720.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"960\" height=\"720\" srcset=\"https:\/\/rageworx.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/IMG_20210729_145903-960x720.jpg 960w, https:\/\/rageworx.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/IMG_20210729_145903-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/rageworx.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/IMG_20210729_145903-624x468.jpg 624w, https:\/\/rageworx.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/IMG_20210729_145903.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 960px) 100vw, 960px\" \/><\/p>\n<h2>How to join a network<\/h2>\n<p>Loyalty-Secu provides manuals here : <a href=\"https:\/\/loyalty-secu.com\/print-server-s-ver\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">https:\/\/loyalty-secu.com\/print-server-s-ver\/<\/a><\/p>\n<p>I followed their instruction, and totalized as below,<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Plug printer USB port to device.<\/li>\n<li>Turn on printer (important !)<\/li>\n<li>Plug RJ45 cable each router to device.<\/li>\n<li>Plug USB-C port to Windows PC (important!)<br \/>\nLoyalty-Secu only provides Windows application to configure device.<br \/>\nDownload may avail here : <a href=\"https:\/\/loyalty-secu.com\/download\/5377\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">https:\/\/loyalty-secu.com\/download\/5377\/<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Device may turn on and blinks 3 LEDs.<\/li>\n<li>Windows detecting a USB printer<br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-2433\" src=\"https:\/\/rageworx.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/usb_info_01.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"347\" height=\"132\" \/><\/li>\n<li>Run downloaded configuration tool.<\/li>\n<li>Check \u201cUSB\u201d word in program (left downside)<br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-2434\" src=\"https:\/\/rageworx.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/configtool_01.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"400\" \/><\/li>\n<li>Configuration tool may start to find device and shows what IP allocated soon.<br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-2436\" src=\"https:\/\/rageworx.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/configtool_05.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"601\" height=\"446\" \/><\/li>\n<li>There are two choices,\n<ul>\n<li>Configure router to serve fixed IP for USB print server.<\/li>\n<li>Configure USB print server to get a static IP from router.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>If you want to get fixed IP from router, you need to understand what IP range allocated from router.<\/li>\n<li>I&#8217;ve been configured to USB print server get a last IP from router.<br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-2437\" src=\"https:\/\/rageworx.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/configtool_06.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"601\" height=\"446\" \/><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Some explains:\n<ul>\n<li>My router configured to serve IP range 10.10.147.100 to 10.10.147.149.<\/li>\n<li>I&#8217;ve been set fixed IP for last of serving IP range, 10.10.147.149.<\/li>\n<li>USB print server don&#8217;t need actual DNS, set same IP with Gateway (plus prevent to leaking privacy too)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>You can add network printer with USB print server IP now.<\/li>\n<li>(<strong><em>Important<\/em><\/strong>)uncheck \u201cBidirectional support\u201d in printer property page.<br \/>\n<em><strong>Remind this<\/strong><\/em>, Loyalty-Secu USB print server don&#8217;t support \u201cBidirectional support\u201d.<\/li>\n<li>macOS should not be easy by driver issues if your printer is not a formal brand like HP.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>Now you can print<\/h2>\n<p>But these features may not avail for some environments.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Your manufacturer exclusive printer manager not work correctly.<\/li>\n<li>Some OS like macOS &#8211; maybe hard to select supported printer by this communicating issue.<br \/>\nPrinter should be configured and identified by IP address, but print manager may occur in unexpected problems.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>Don&#8217;t expect perfection<\/h2>\n<p>Don&#8217;t expect any perfect thing by paying 20 USD.<br \/>\nThis tiny device handy, low power consume make it always powered on, easily expand your network environment to support a USB printer, that&#8217;s all.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>As far as working from home extended by COVID-19, I need to buy a server for my old printer to do print anywhere, any device include macOS. So I had a dangerous tripped to buying a small USB print server. 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