2006-08-30 04:03:17 · 4 answers · asked by spwej 2 in Computers & Internet ➔ Hardware ➔ Printers
This depends on the printer. If it is network capable there will be a setup program accessible through the few menu keys near the LCD display. You will not want to use a crossover cable though. You will use a straight thru cable to connect to the switch. The printer will still have to be installed on a computer. A wireless print server is a very handy thing in a small network. Then you can put the printer wherever you want.
2006-08-30 04:10:22 · answer #1 · answered by hlsj_99 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
How are you setting up the Network?? Are you using a Router, Switch or Hub?
Each device has a slightly different method of connecting a Printer on the Network. Most of them uses a normal CAT5. Usually you only use a crossover if you are connecting the Printer to a NIC on a PC. Then you usually don't need a separate IP for the Printer.
2006-08-30 04:10:38 · answer #2 · answered by Corillan 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
you're fantastic with a patch or a crossover cable. All new NICs on peripherals alongside with printers will automobile come across the cable variety and regulate the signaling. you need to acquire the Cannon Printer suite from their internet site and re-set up your printer on your laptop yet chosen the alternative for it to be a community printer as a replace of a under pressure-to-laptop printer. it is going to stroll you contained in direction of the setup technique to get it up and working. in any different case, to ascertain the IP handle of your printer -- you may log into your router and seem for a prestige internet site -- they in many cases coach you related units and what their IP addresses are.
2016-12-17 19:44:18 · answer #3 · answered by ? 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Just hook it up to the computer you want with the crossover cable. Then set up the computer to use a TCP/IP port to connect to the printer instead of LPT or USB.
2006-08-30 04:06:44 · answer #4 · answered by Yoi_55 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋