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4 - 6 NETWORK PRINTING FROM WINDOWS

® 

(Peer to Peer)

NC9100h_FM6.0

7

You must now enter the actual IP address of the Print/Scan 
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/Scan server supports TCP/IP and NetBIOS names, 
you can also enter the NetBIOS name of the Print/Scan 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 

Settings

 and then 

Printers

.

2

Select 

Add 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.