Associating to the printer; Printer name or IP address; Add a Printer- Page 48

NETWORK PRINTING FROM WINDOWS

® 

(Peer to Peer) 4 - 6

NC9100h_FM6.0

7

You must now enter the actual IP address of the Print/Fax 
server in the Printer name or IP address field. If you have 
edited the hosts file on your computer or are using Domain 
Name System, you can also enter the name of the print server. 
As the Print/Fax server supports TCP/IP and NetBIOS names, 
you can also enter the NetBIOS name of the Print/Fax server. 
The NetBIOS name can be seen in your printer configuration 
page. By default the NetBIOS name will usually appear as 

BRN_xxxxxx

 where 

xxxxxx

 is the last six digits of the Ethernet 

address.

8

Click the OK button. When prompted you must re-boot your 
computer.

Associating to the printer

You must now create a printer on your Windows

®

 system using the 

standard Windows

®

 printer setup procedure. 

1

To do this, go the Start button, select Printers and Faxes.

2

Select Add a Printer to begin the printer installation.

3

Click Next when you get the Add Printer Wizard window.

4

Select Local Printer when you are asked how the printers are 
connected to your computer, and then push Next.

5

Select the correct driver. Click Next when you are done.

6

If you have selected a printer driver that is already being used, 
you have the option of either keeping the existing driver 
(recommended) or replacing it. Select the desired option and 
press Next.

Windows

®

 98/Me store the hosts file in the default Windows

®

directory. By default, the Windows

®

 hosts file is called 

hosts.sam

. If you wish to use the hosts file you must 

rename the file to 

hosts

 with no extension. The .sam 

extension stands for sample.