IPP printing for Windows® 2000/XP, Windows Vista® and Windows Server® 2003; For Windows Vista®; Windows Server- Page 47

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IPP printing for Windows

®

 2000/XP, Windows Vista

®

 and 

Windows Server

®

 2003

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Use the following instructions if you wish to use the IPP printing capabilities of Windows

®

2000/XP, 

Windows Vista

®

 and Windows Server

®

2003.

For Windows Vista

®

6

a

Click the 

Start

 button, 

Control Panel

, 

Hardware and Sound

, and then 

Printers

.

b

Click 

Add a printer

.

c

Choose 

Add a network, wireless or Bluetooth printer

.

d

Click 

The printer that I want isn’t listed

.

e

Choose

Select a shared printer by name

 and then enter the following in the URL field: 

http://printer’s IP address:631/ipp (where “printer’s IP address” is the printer’s IP address or the node 
name.)

Note

If you have edited the hosts file on your computer or are using a Domain Name System (DNS), you can 
also enter the DNS name of the print server. As the print server supports TCP/IP and NetBIOS names, 
you can also enter the NetBIOS name of the print server. The NetBIOS name can be seen in the Network 
Configuration List. To learn how to print the Network Configuration List, see 

Printing the Network 

Configuration List

 on page 28. The NetBIOS name assigned is the first 15 characters of the node name 

and by default it will appear as “BRNxxxxxxxxxxxx”.

f

When you click 

Next

, Windows Vista

®

 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

. Click 

OK

.

If the appropriate printer driver is already installed on your computer, Windows Vista

®

 will 

automatically use that driver. In this case, you will simply be asked if you wish to make the driver 
the default printer, after which the 

Add Printer Wizard

 will complete. You are now ready to print.

2

Go to 

k

.

„

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 
printer automatically. This means that you do not need to inform Windows Vista

®

 about the type of 

printer driver to be used.
Go to 

g

.

g

If your printer is not in the list of supported printers, click 

Have Disk

. You will then be asked to insert the 

driver disk.