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Gear / Technical Help => Post-Processing, Computer / Streaming / Internet Devices & Related Activity => Topic started by: John R on March 12, 2006, 03:49:02 PM
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i have a printer that is attached to my little home network. what settings should i be using to be able to print wirelessly from my lappy to networked printer?
thanks
jr
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Generally speaking, you should be able to print via tcp-ip. Assuming you're using a Windows laptop and the print server is configured for TCP/IP, try this:
(from memory, so don't shoot me if it's not 100%...)
- add new printer
- local
- create new port
- name it with the ip in the first box: ie: 192.168.1.200
- the next box will auto fill with something like ip_192.168.1.200 which is cool
- next steps just select the appropriate drivers, do a print test, and you're good to go.
Windows considered printing directly to an IP printer to be a 'locally' configured printer, since there's not a print server that spools the job. Since it's being spooled locally (on the workstation), it's 'local' even though you or I would call it a networked printer.
- Jason
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I think you'll also need to enable sharing the printer on the machine it's connected to. In addition Both machines need to be in the same working group.
To enable sharing: Control Panel > "Printers & Faxes" > Right Click on the printer > select sharing > select share this printer and give it a name.
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FYI - what Ethan described is something different. Is this printer connected to the network directly (ie: either a built-in network jack, or connected to a dedicated print server), or is it connected to a PC via USB or Parallel and shared out to the other clients on the network? Former - try my instructions. Latter - try Ethan's.
- Jason