Connection guide
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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.