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| Thread ID: 95941 | 2008-12-22 06:03:00 | Networking a printer | Driftwood (5551) | Press F1 |
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| 731702 | 2008-12-22 06:03:00 | This is problably a topic that has been thrashed to death on here & I did try to find an answer searching through past threads. A HP 8150 Laserjet was purchased second hand to be shared on a network of up to 5 systems. Does it have to be conected directly to one of the systems or can it just be conected to the network. |
Driftwood (5551) | ||
| 731703 | 2008-12-22 06:11:00 | Is it just an 8150 or is it 8150n /8150dn? The n means it has a network card built in. |
CYaBro (73) | ||
| 731704 | 2008-12-22 06:11:00 | Nope, you can print directly to it :) | Chilling_Silence (9) | ||
| 731705 | 2008-12-22 06:23:00 | "Is it just an 8150 or is it 8150n /8150?" Not sure but it does has a network card. So what is the next move to get the systems to see it & indeed use it? There is another inkjet printer on the network but it is conected via USB to one of the systems. |
Driftwood (5551) | ||
| 731706 | 2008-12-22 06:41:00 | You would need to add it on each computer as a new shared printer I think from memory | gary67 (56) | ||
| 731707 | 2008-12-22 06:45:00 | First thing would be to connect it all up, power & switch/router and then check to see what IP address it has. Not sure how you do it on the 8150 but you should be able to print out a network configuration page without a PC. You will need to check to see if it has a subnet that matches your network. Hopefully it will be set to DHCP and you have a DCHP server on your network otherwise you will need to set a static IP. |
CYaBro (73) | ||
| 731708 | 2008-12-22 06:52:00 | OK but does that mean installing drivers or giving it an address or what? My extensive knowledge of networking could be written on the back of a postage stamp. |
Driftwood (5551) | ||
| 731709 | 2008-12-22 06:53:00 | Well you'll probably need drivers, like any other printer If thats what you mean |
Speedy Gonzales (78) | ||
| 731710 | 2008-12-22 07:47:00 | So we instal drivers to all the systems & then do what CYaBro sugests. Getting the correct drivers was another problem. I went to HP website but couldn't decide on the most appropriate drivers for XP. |
Driftwood (5551) | ||
| 731711 | 2008-12-22 07:53:00 | This (h20000.www2.hp.com) one looks like the one. | CYaBro (73) | ||
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