Network printing from Windows
®
basic TCP/IP Peer-to-Peer printing
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Printer driver already installed 8
If you have already installed the printer driver and wish to configure it for network printing, follow these steps:
a (Windows Vista
®
)
Click the button, Control Panel, Hardware and Sound, and then Printers.
(Windows Server
®
2008)
Click the Start button, Control Panel, Hardware and Sound, and then Printers.
(Windows
®
XP and Windows Server
®
2003)
Click the Start button and choose Printers and Faxes.
(Windows
®
2000)
Click the Start button and choose Settings and then Printers.
b Right click on the printer driver you wish to configure, and then choose Properties.
c Click the Ports tab and click Add Port.
d Choose the port that you wish to use. Typically this would be Standard TCP/IP Port. Then click the
New Port... button.
e The Standard TCP/IP Port Wizard will start.
f Enter the IP address of your network printer. Click Next.
g Click Finish.
h Close Printer Ports and Properties dialog box.
Other sources of information 8
See Configuring your machine for a network with an Ethernet cable connection (Not available for
MFC-253CW, MFC-255CW and MFC-257CW) on page 10 to learn how to configure the IP address of the
machine.
