Modern printers and MFPs can be connected to the network not via USB cable, but via UTP cable (twisted pair).
This method is very convenient in large offices, you can print from any computer inside the network where your network printer will be added.
Printer setup
1. We connect the printer via UTP cable to the network.
2. We ask him network settings, come in settings/parameters - network setting and enter your local network data:
Thus, our printer will be available at 10.30.184.7
You can check the connection with the printer using the Ping command
To do this, click the combination of Win+R and enter the CMD command
The command line opens and we prescribe Ping 10.30.184.7 -7 -t and click "Enter" and see the result, if there is an answer from the printer, then everything is fine, if we do not check the settings and wire.
Add a network printer to Windows
1. We go to the control panel and select the device and printers point and at the top click "Add printer"
2. Immediately stop the search for the printer and click "The necessary printer is absent in the list"
3. Choose add the printer by its TCP/IP address or node name
4. We prescribe the address of our printer 10.30.184.7
5. After that, we press the Windows and will automatically pull the drivers and you can start working with your device, it will appear in "Devices and Prinaters".
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Conclusion
Network printers are in our time in almost every large company, this is a modern connection method. If you liked the article and helped. Please subscribe and draw knowledge in one place :)
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