Printer Configuration

Changing Printer Settings

NETWORK Menu

 

Table 9 • NETWORK Menu

 

 

 

WIRED or

View or Set the Printer’s IP Address

WLAN

View and, if necessary, change the printer’s IP address.

IP Address

Changes to this setting are saved only if IP PROTOCOL is set to PERMANENT. To

 

 

allow any saved changes to take effect, reset the print server (see RESET NETWORK

 

in this section).

 

 

 

 

 

Accepted values:

000 to 255 for each field

 

 

 

 

Related ZPL command(s):

^ND

 

SGD command used:

Wired: internal_wired.ip.addr

 

 

Wireless: ip.addr, wlan.ip.addr

 

Printer web page:

View and Modify Printer Settings >

 

 

Network Communications Setup >

 

 

TCP/IP Settings

 

 

 

WIRED or

View or Set the Subnet Mask

 

WLAN

View and, if necessary, change the subnet mask.

Subnet Mask

This menu item appears only if a wired or wireless print server is installed on your

 

 

printer. To save changes to this setting, set IP PROTOCOL to PERMANENT, and then

 

reset the print server (see RESET NETWORK in this section).

 

 

 

 

Accepted values:

000 to 255 for each field

 

 

 

 

Related ZPL command(s):

^ND

 

SGD command used:

Wired: internal_wired.ip.netmask

 

 

Wireless: wlan.ip.netmask

 

Printer web page:

View and Modify Printer Settings >

 

 

Network Communications Setup >

 

 

TCP/IP Settings

 

 

 

WIRED or

View or Set the Default Gateway

WLAN

View and, if necessary, change the default gateway.

Gateway

This menu item appears only if a wired or wireless print server is installed on your

 

 

printer. To save changes to this setting, set IP PROTOCOL to PERMANENT, and then

 

reset the print server (see RESET NETWORK in this section).

 

 

 

 

Accepted values:

000 to 255 for each field

 

 

 

 

Related ZPL command(s):

^ND

 

SGD command used:

Wired: internal_wired.ip.gateway

 

 

Wireless: wlan.ip.gateway

 

Printer web page:

View and Modify Printer Settings >

 

 

Network Communications Setup >

 

 

TCP/IP Settings

 

 

 

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ZD500 specifications

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