Zebra Technologies P640i Table 1: Sharing, Table 1: Security, Table 1: Ports

Printer Properties Table 1: Sharing

Start > Printers (or Printers and Faxes) > Right click Zebra P640i > Properties > Sharing

This is sharing according to the Microsoft Windows definition. In a network environment, it allows other computers to send jobs to the printer that’s connected to your computer.

Printer Properties Table 1: Security

Start > Printers (or Printers and Faxes) > Right click Zebra P640i > Properties > Security

This is the standard Windows security screen, showing user access to various printer control options. Both Print and Manage printers must be checked for full functionality of the P640i.

Printer Properties Table 1: Ports

Start > Printers (or Printers and Faxes) > Right click Zebra P640i > Properties > Ports

Specifies the computer port to which the P640i is connected. This will have been established at the initial installation of the printer, and will not normally require attention.

An exception to this is if you wish to use “printer pooling”, the ability to distribute print jobs to multiple printers. To enable printer pooling, check the “Enable Printer Pooling” box, then check multiple ports. Each port should have a single Zebra printer installed on it, and all printers should be configured identically (for example: all with YMC front, K back). Now, when you print to the “main printer” (that is, whichever printer you right-clicked in Printers and Faxes to get to this screen), this printer will get print jobs until it has buffered as many jobs as it can take. Remaining jobs will then “spill over” to other printers until all printers in the pool are busy.

For more information, see Tech Note TN10.

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