CHAPTER 2 TCP/IP PRINTING
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IPP Printing from Windows 2000 Clients
If you wish to print using the IPP protocol, follow these steps:
1.
From the Printers Folder select "Add Printer", the "Add Printer Wizard" will
now stat. Click on "Next"
2.
Select "Network Printer"
3.
Click the "Connect to a printer on the Internet or on your intranet" option
4.
You must now enter a URL name, a typical example of a URL name for a
printer that supports the IPP protocol is: http://ip_address:631/ipp (where
ip_address is the IP address, NetBIOS name or DNS name of the print
server).
5.
Click the "Next" button
6.
Windows 2000 will now connect to the device that you specified and
determine the model number of the printer, if the appropriate driver is
installed on the PC, it will be used, if the appropriate driver is not available
you will be asked to insert the driver diskette that was supplied with the
printer.
7.
Follow the Wizard through to the end of the installation.
8.
Click the "Finish" button to complete the Wizard.
IPP printing from Windows 95/98/Me Clients
It is also possible to send a IPP print jobs from a Windows 95/98/Me client PC
providing the PC has the ability to connect to and access Windows 2000 resources.
Visit the Microsoft web site (
) and download the Windows
Internet Print Services support software for Windows systems.
Once installed, this software will allow you to connect to a Windows 2000 system
that is also running IIS and send print jobs using the IPP protocol.
By using Microsoft’s IPP software you can also send jobs to other printers that do
not support the IPP protocol.
Windows 2000 Printing
(Printer Driver already installed)
If you have already installed the printer driver and wish to configure it for network
printing, follow these steps:
1.
Select the printer driver you wish to configure
2.
Select File and then chose Properties
3.
Click the Ports tab of the driver and click “Add Port”
4.
Select the port that you wish to use, typically this would be “Standard
TCP/IP Port”, then click the “New Port…” button.
5.
The standard TCP/IP Port Wizard will start. Follow steps 6-10 of the
“Standard TCP/IP Port Printing” section.
