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How to setup network printer in small office or home

setup network printer
How to setup  network printer in a small office or home is looks quite complicated, especially if the installation process involves a variety of printers and computers. Actually, setup network printer  is not too complicated, if your printer is equipped with an installation disk, the process is fairly easy to fit guide the installation disk. If the installation using the installation disk fails it may be required manual installation. 3 simple steps required in the installation process a wired or wireless network printers on a single or multiple computers.

       1. Connect the printer to be installed to the network
If using a network cable, network cable splicing did lead from the printer to the router. If using a wireless connection, use the control panel and configure your printer to connect to wireless networks by enabling WLAN. After that you will be asked to find the desired network and enter the security key so that the printer is connected.
If the printer does not have an internal wireless connection configuration options, need to download software from the manufacturer's site, in this case a temporary USB connection is required to configure the wireless information.

        2. IP configuration setup
In most small networks, the operating system entirely on DHCP. In this system if your router is rebooted, the new IP address may be different, and this can cause problems with the next step. The fix is ​​to create a DHCP reservation for the printer to always be given the same IP address.
The next step is to login to your control panel of the router by opening a web browser using the address 192.168.1.1 and the password window will appear indicating your steps are correct. Next click on the Status tab, locate the option that says "connected devices." Next look for the button labeled "DHCP clinets information" and refer your configuration page. Enter the ip address of your printer in the list configuration.
 

         3. Install the printer on the computer
The final step is to install a printer on the computer by selecting the icons add a new printer. This step is very similar in every version of windows.
Options in the window will ask you the option to add a local printer or network printer. Next select to add a local printer and then uncheck the box that says "automatically search for my plug and play printer.". The next step choose to create a new standard TCP / IP port, so select create new port, and use the options TCP / IP. Enter the IP address of the printer when prompted.  
You are then prompted to select the type of printer to be installed on the options list. If that option does not exist then you can download from the manufacturer of the printer and install it via the driver options. Next you are asked to fill several installation options. When all is finished and then the settings are correct in doing a test print. If the printer prints the installation process successfully.

Network printer setup process is completed successfully if you are doing and have successfully printed test pages. various information about the printer you can also find in the www.partofprinter.blogspot.com

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