Lexmark X5450 User's Guide - Page 87
Tips for installing a network printer, Assigning an IP address, Finding your MAC address
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Installing the shared printer on other network computers (on the client computers) Using the peer-to-peer method Using the point-and-print method a Go to a network computer that you want to enable a Go to a network computer that you want to enable to print to the shared printer. to print to the shared printer. b Insert the printer CD. b Browse the Network Neighborhood until you find c Click Install. the name of the shared printer assigned in step 6 on d From the "Connect Your Printer" dialog, select the page 86. network option. c Right-click the printer icon, and select Open or e From the "Networking Setup" dialog, select Connect. Peer-to-Peer. d This will copy a subset of the printer software from f Enter the shared names of both the printer and the network computer you assigned in step 6 on the host computer. A printer object will be created in the Printers folder of the client. page 86. e When prompted, select Test Page to make sure the g When prompted, select Test Page to make sure the computer can print to the shared printer. computer can print to the shared printer. h Follow the instructions on the computer screen until installation is complete. i Repeat this procedure for each network computer you want to access the shared printer. Tips for installing a network printer Assigning an IP address An IP address is assigned during printer software installation, but only for Direct IP printing. The print object, created at the end of the installation, sends all print jobs across the network to the printer attached to the print server using this address. Many networks have the ability to automatically assign an IP address. In smaller networks, it is often called Auto-IP. There are two common types of Auto-IP networks. UPnP network environments provide automatic private IP addresses in the 169.254.x.x range. ICS network environments provide automatic private IP addresses in the 192.168.x.x range. Larger networks may use DHCP to assign addresses. These are usually unique to the company. During the Direct IP printing installation of printer software, the IP address is visible in the printer list only as it is being assigned. The print object that is created in the Printers folder of the operating system will reference the MAC address of the print server in the port name. If the IP address is not automatically assigned during printer software installation, you can try manually entering an address after selecting your printer/print server from the available list. Finding your MAC address You may need the media access control (MAC) address of the print server to complete network printer configuration. The MAC address is a series of letters and numbers listed on the bottom of the external print server. Networking the printer 87