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Connection guide Page 9 of 14 Configure for TCP/IP If you have TCP/IP available on your network, we recommend that you assign an IP address to the printer. Assigning a printer IP address If your network is using DHCP, an IP address is automatically assigned after you connect the network cable to the printer. 1 Print a network setup page. 2 Look for the address under the "TCP/IP" heading on the network setup page. 3 Go to Verify printer setup on page 8 and begin with step 2. Note: You can find instructions for other methods of setting the IP address in the online documentation on the drivers CD that shipped with your printer. Launch the CD, and then click View Documentation Network Printer Install. If your network is not using DHCP, then you must manually assign an IP address to the printer. One of the easiest ways is to use the operator panel: 1 Press Menu until you see Network Menu, and then press Select. 2 Press Menu until you see Standard Network, and then press Select. Standard Network appears if you purchased a printer with a network port on the printer system board. If you have a MarkNet™ print server installed in the option card slot, you see Network Option 1. 3 Press Menu until you see Std Net Setup (or Network 1 Setup), and then press Select. 4 Press Menu until you see TCP/IP, and then press Select. 5 Press Menu until you see Set IP Address, and then press Select. 6 Change the address by pressing Menu to increase or decrease each number. Press Select to move to the next segment. Press Select when you are finished. The message Saved appears briefly. 7 Press Menu until you see Set IP Netmask, and then press Select. 8 Repeat step 6 to set the IP Netmask. 9 Press Menu until you see Set IP Gateway, and then press Select. 10 Repeat step 6 to set the IP Gateway. 11 When you are finished, press Go to return the printer to the Ready state. Verifying the IP settings 1 Print another network setup page. Look under the "TCP/IP" heading and make sure the IP address, netmask, and gateway are what you expected. 2 Ping the printer and verify that it responds. For example, at a command prompt on a network computer, type "ping" followed by the new printer IP address (for example, 192.168.0.11): ping xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx If the printer is active on the network, you should receive a reply.

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Connection guide
Page 9 of 14
Configure for TCP/IP
If you have TCP/IP available on your network, we
recommend that you assign an IP address to the
printer.
Assigning a printer IP address
If your network is using DHCP,
an IP address is
automatically assigned after you connect the network
cable to the printer.
1
Print a network setup page.
2
Look for the address under the “TCP/IP” heading
on the network setup page.
3
Go to
Verify printer setup
on page 8 and begin
with step 2.
Note:
You can find instructions for other
methods of setting the IP address in the
online documentation on the drivers CD
that shipped with your printer. Launch
the CD, and then click
View
Documentation
Network Printer
Install
.
If your network is not using DHCP,
then you must
manually assign an IP address to the printer.
One of the easiest ways is to use the operator panel:
1
Press
Menu
until you see Network Menu, and
then press
Select
.
2
Press
Menu
until you see Standard Network, and
then press
Select
.
Standard Network appears if you purchased a
printer with a network port on the printer system
board. If you have a MarkNet™ print server
installed in the option card slot, you see Network
Option 1.
3
Press
Menu
until you see Std Net Setup (or
Network 1 Setup), and then press
Select
.
4
Press
Menu
until you see TCP/IP, and then press
Select
.
5
Press
Menu
until you see Set IP Address, and
then press
Select
.
6
Change the address by pressing
Menu
to
increase or decrease each number. Press
Select
to move to the next segment. Press
Select
when
you are finished.
The message
Saved
appears briefly.
7
Press
Menu
until you see Set IP Netmask, and
then press
Select
.
8
Repeat step 6 to set the IP Netmask.
9
Press
Menu
until you see Set IP Gateway, and
then press
Select
.
10
Repeat step 6 to set the IP Gateway.
11
When you are finished, press
Go
to return the
printer to the Ready state.
Verifying the IP settings
1
Print another network setup page. Look under
the “TCP/IP” heading and make sure the IP
address, netmask, and gateway are what you
expected.
2
Ping the printer and verify that it responds. For
example, at a command prompt on a network
computer, type “ping” followed by the new printer
IP address (for example, 192.168.0.11):
ping xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx
If the printer is active on the network, you should
receive a reply.