SLP
Printers use Service Location Protocol (SLP) to announce and look up services on a local network
without prior configuration. When SLP is enabled, the printer becomes a Service Agent (SA) and
announces its services to User Agents (UA) on the network using SLP.
Directory Agents (DA) are components that cache services. They are used in larger networks to reduce
the amount of traffic. DAs are optional. If a DA is present, then User Agents (UAs) and System Agents
(SAs) are required to use it instead of communicating directly with the printer.
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1. In Xerox
®
CentreWare
®
Internet Services, click
Properties
→
Connectivity
→
Protocols
.
2. Click
SLP
.
3. For Protocol, select
Enable
.
4. For Directory Agent, type the IP address for the Directory Agent (DA) as needed.
• To group services, under Scope 1, 2, and 3, type a name as needed. Printers cannot recognize
services that are in different scopes.
• For Message Type, select an option.
•
Multicast
: This option routes multicast packets between subnets for service discovery.
•
Broadcast
: If your network does not support multicast routing, select this option.
5. For Multicast Radius, type a value from 0 through 255.
6. For Maximum Transmission Unit (MTU), type a value from 484 through 32768.
7. For Registration Lifetime, type a value in hours.
8. Click
Apply
.
Xerox
®
B1022 Multifunction Printer
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