Add a printer to a new IP address
To install a printer using an IP address that hasn't been used by the printer server yet, follow these steps
- Put the dot in Create a new port and select Standard TCP/IP Port from the drop down
- Click Next
- Type in the IP address for Printer Name or IP Address:
- Click Next
- Click Finish
- Click Have Disk
- Click Browse
- Navigate to the location the printer driver is at (in this case it is under printer drivers. This will be different for your system)
- Select the inf file for the printer
- Select the printer that matches yours
- Type in the name you want the printer to have
- Say No to Do you want to use this printer as the default printer?
- Make sure the share name is exactly the same as the name on step 8 (Sometimes part of the name will be cut off. If this is the case, just type in the rest of the name)
- It might ask you if you want to print a test page. Say Yes or No
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Click Finish