How to Add a Printer in Microsoft XP Using an IP Address
In the workplace or at home, printers connect to the work or the home network and are made available to print to. When connected to a networked printer, print jobs can be remotely sent from any PC on the network. A printer that is on the network is assigned a unique IP address, like any component on a network (a PC, a laptop or any other device connected to the network).
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Instructions
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Instructions
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Click on ''Start'' or the Windows logo.
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Click on ''Printers and Faxes.''
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If not available at the ''Start'' menu, click on ''Control Panel,'' then double-click on ''Printers and Faxes."
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Click on ''Add a Printer."
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Select the button ''Local printer attached to this computer.'' Make sure that the ''Automatically detect and install my Plug and Play printer'' box is unchecked. Click on ''Next.''
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Select the ''Create a new port'' button. From the drop-down list, select ''Standard TCP/IP Port,'' then click ''Next.''
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Type the IP address of the printer in the ''Printer Name or IP address'' field and click on ''Next.''
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The next screen will ask to install the driver for the printer that is currently being installed. Scroll through the list that is provided by default by Windows XP.
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If the printer is in the list, select the ''Manufacturer'' on the left and the ''Model'' on the right, and then click on ''Next.''
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If the printer is not in the list, drivers will need to be provided to the ''Add Printer Wizard.'' Drivers can be obtained from a CD/disk that is usually provided with the printer or downloaded from the Internet (manufacturer's website).
Click on ''Have Disk'' and browse to the location of the drivers on the CD, disk or the folder in the hard drive.
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When the installation of the printer driver is completed, name the printer and select whether or not the printer being installed is the default printer. Click on ''Next.''
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Select whether or not the printer is to be shared with other users on the network. Click on ''Next.''
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Select ''Yes'' or ''No'' to whether a test page is to be printed.
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The network printer has been installed.
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