20 Setting Up the Printer On a Network

Note: You can also configure the network port using the EpsonNet Configuration Utility that installs with your printer software.

Note: If you don’t know which setting to use, see your network administrator for help configuring the printer’s IP settings.

Configuring the Network Interface

1.Make sure that the printer is turned on and the LCD displays READY.

2.Press the Menu button on the printer’s control panel to enter the printer’s menu system.

3.Press to highlight NETWORK SETUP, then press Menu .

4.Press Menu then to highlight ENABLE.

5.Press Menu . An asterisk appears next to ENABLE to show that it’s selected.

6.Press then to highlight GET IPADDRESS.

7.Press Menu and then to choose one of the following IP configuration settings:

•AUTO: Select this setting if your network uses a DHCP server to configure your network devices’ IP settings automatically.

•PANEL: Select this setting if you would like to configure the printer’s IP settings manually.

8.Press Menu . An asterisk appears next to the setting you selected.

9.Press to go back. Then do one of the following:

•If you selected AUTO as the IP ADDRESS SETTING, press the pause button to exit the printer menu. Then continue with step 14.

•If you selected PANEL as the IP ADDRESS SETTING, continue with step 10.

10.Press to highlight IP, then press Menu . The LCD displays the IP address.

11.Press or to change each octet value, then press Menu to select the next octet. When you have changed the value of the last octet, press Menu then . The LCD displays SM. Press Menu again to display the subnet mask.