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For Network Connection (IPP/IPPS)

Settings of this machine

To use IPP printing, you must configure the network settings for the machine in advance.

Items to be configured

Description

IP Address

In [TCP/IP Settings], specify the IP address.

IPP Setting

In [HTTP Server Setting], set [IPP Setting] to [Enable].

  • For details on the network settings for this machine, refer to NIC Setting: Setting the Machine Network Information.

  • Before you can use IPPS printing, you must register a certificate with this machine. You can use the selfsigned certificate that is preinstalled in this machine.

Installing the printer driver using the Add Printer Wizard

  • Installing the driver requires the administrator privilege.

  1. Right-click the Start window, and then click [Devices and Printers] under [All Applications] - [Control Panel] - [Hardware and Sound].

    • In Windows 8.1/Server 2012 R2, click on the Start window - [Control Panel] - [Hardware and Sound] - [Devices and Printers].

    • In Windows 10, right-click the Start button , and then click [Control Panel] - [Hardware and Sound] - [Devices and Printers].

  2. On the toolbar, select [Add a printer].

    The [Add Printer] wizard (or [Add a device] wizard) appears.

  3. In the window showing the search result, click [The printer that I want isn't listed].

  4. In the [Select a shared printer by name] box, enter the URL for the machine in the following format, and then click [Next].

    • http://address for the machine/ipp
      Example: When the IP address for the machine is 192.168.1.20, http://192.168.1.20/ipp

    • When specifying to use IPPS printing, enter "https://address for the machine/ipp". For "host name.domain name", specify the host name and domain name registered for the DNS server being used.

    • If the certificate for the machine is not the one issued by the certifying authority, you must register the certificate for the machine as the certificate by "Trusted Root Certification Authorities" for the computer account.

    • When registering a certificate to this machine, confirm that "host name.domain name" is displayed as the common name of the certificate.

  5. Click [Have Disk].

  6. Click [Browse].

  7. Select the printer driver folder, and then click [Open].

  8. Click [OK].

  9. Click [OK].

  10. Follow the instructions on the windows that follow.

    • If the [User Account Control] window appears, click [Continue] or [Yes].

  11. Click [Finish].

  12. After finishing the installation, make sure that the icon for the installed printer is displayed in the [Devices and Printers] window.

    This completes the printer driver installation.

Once the settings for the printer have been configured, you can use the printer in the same way as a general local printer.