Internet printing for Windows
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For Windows
®
2000/XP and Windows Server
®
2003
8
a
For Windows
®
XP and Windows Server
®
2003: Click the
Start
button and select
Printers and Faxes
.
For Windows
®
2000: Click the
Start
button, select
Settings
and then
Printers
.
b
For Windows
®
XP and Windows Server
®
2003: Click
Add a printer
to start the
Add Printer Wizard
.
For Windows
®
2000: Double click the
Add Printer
icon to start the
Add Printer Wizard
.
c
Click
Next
when you see the
Welcome to the Add Printer Wizard
screen.
d
Select
Network printer
.
For Windows
®
XP and Windows Server
®
2003: Make sure that you select
A network printer, or a printer attached to another computer
.
For Windows
®
2000: Make sure that you select
Network Printer
.
e
Click
Next
.
f
For Windows
®
XP and Windows Server
®
2003: Select
Connect to a
printer on the Internet or on a home or office network
and then enter the following in the URL field:
http://printer_ip_address:631/ipp
(Where
printer_ip_address
is the IP address or the
print server name).
For Windows
®
2000: Select
Connect to a printer on the Internet or on your intranet
and then enter
the following in the URL field:
http://printer_ip_address:631/ipp
(Where
printer_ip_address
is the IP address or the print server name).
Note
If you have edited the hosts file on your computer or are using a Domain Name System, you can also enter
the DNS name of the print server. As the print server supports TCP/IP and NetBIOS, you can also enter
the NetBIOS name of the print server. The NetBIOS name can be seen in the printer settings page. The
NetBIOS name assigned is the first 15 characters of the node name and by default it will appear as
“
BRNxxxxxx
” where “
xxxxxx
” is the last six digits of the Ethernet address.
g
When you click
Next
, Windows
®
2000/XP and Windows Server
®
2003 will make a connection with the
URL that you specified.
If the printer driver has already been installed:
1
You will see the printer selection screen in the
Add Printer Wizard
.
If the appropriate printer driver is already installed on your computer, Windows
®
2000/XP and
Windows Server
®
2003 will automatically use that driver for use. In this case, you will simply be
asked if you wish to make the driver the default printer, after which the Driver installation wizard
will complete. You are now ready to print.
2
Go to
.
If the printer driver has NOT been installed:
One of the benefits of the IPP printing protocol is that it establishes the model name of the printer
when you communicate with it. After successful communication you will see the model name of the