Chapter 4

Printing Directly from a Computer

(Windows 95/Windows 98/Windows NT 4.0)

There are IP Peer-to-Peer printing, IPX Peer-to-Peer printing and LPR printing as a method to print directly from a computer.

4.1 IP Peer-to-Peer Printing

The following steps describe how to set up direct printing from a computer (Windows 95/ Windows 98/ Windows NT 4.0) using IP Peer-to-Peer printing.

Step 1: Setting up the TCP/IP protocol on a computer

Step 2: Setting up the TCP/IP protocol in the Network Card

Step 3: Installing and setting up the IP Peer-to-Peer Windows redirector

Step 4: Setting up the printer driver and the printer port

4.1.1 Step 1:Setting Up the TCP/IP Protocol on a Computer

To use IP Peer-to-Peer printing, the TCP/IP protocol must be installed and set up on the computer before using IP Peer-to-Peer printing.

If TCP/IP is used on a computer already, proceed to section 4.1.2 on page 18.

If not, you will need to install the TCP/IP protocol for the operating system on the computer. Refer to Windows Help for further details. The IP Address, Subnet Mask and the Gateway must be assigned when installing it. Set them using one of the following two ways. You may need to contact your network administrator to select the best method. (detail on next page)

Set from the DHCP server

Set by direct entering

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Philips KX-PNBC8 manual IP Peer-to-Peer Printing, Setting Up the TCP/IP Protocol on a Computer

KX-PNBC8 specifications

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