
Viewing Network Printers
Chapter 15: Using Network Printers
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Viewing Network Printers
To view network printers
1. Click
Setup
in the main menu, and click the
Printers
tab.
The
Printers
page appears, displaying a list of connected printers.
For each printer, the model, serial number, port, and status is displayed.
A printer can have the following statuses:
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Initialize.
The printer is initializing.
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Ready.
The printer is ready.
•
Not Ready.
The printer is not ready. For example, it may be out of paper.
•
Printing.
The printer is processing a print job.
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Restarting.
The printer server is restarting.
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Fail.
An error occurred. See the Event Log for details (
T
Viewing the Event
Log
T
on page 187).
2. To refresh the display, click
Refresh
.
Changing Network Printer Ports
When you set up a new network printer, the NetDefend firewall automatically
assigns a port number to the printer. If you want to use a different port number, you
can easily change it, as described in
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Setting up Network Printers
T
on page 424.
However, you may sometimes need to change the port number after completing
printer setup. For example, you may want to replace a malfunctioning network
printer, with another existing network printer, without reconfiguring the client