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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. Click [Start] and then [Devices and Printers].

    • In Windows Vista/Server 2008, click [Printers] under [Control Panel] - [Hardware and Sound]. When [Control Panel] is displayed in Classic View, double-click [Printers].

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

    • In Windows Vista/Server 2008, click [Add a printer] on the toolbar.

    The [Add Printer] wizard appears.

  3. Click [Add a network, wireless or Bluetooth printer].

    Connected printers are detected.

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

  5. 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://host name.domain name/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 on the Windows Vista/Server 2008/ 7/Server 2008 R2 system 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.

  6. Click [Have Disk].

  7. Click [Browse].

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

  9. Click [OK].

  10. Click [OK].

  11. Follow the instructions on the windows that follow.

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

    • If the [Windows Security] window for verifying the publisher appears, click [Install].

  12. Click [Finish].

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