Network Port Installation Steps

After selecting the network port, install one of the printers that are discovered on the network, or install the printer manually.

Network port installation using network discovery

Detect Network Printer window opens after starting the network port installation process.

  1. Select the detected network printer and click Add.

    Note

    Network ports that are in use are listed at the bottom of the list and grayed out.

    Note

    For printers that identify themselves by their series (and not by the exact model), select from the listed series of printers. This series may include multiple printer models. The selection directs you to the Printer Options.

  2. If specific models of the detected printer's vendor are listed, select the appropriate one and click Next.

  3. Wizard redirects you to the Printer Options step.

  4. Follow the wizard to install your printer driver.

Note

Network discovery is available if the printer model supports bidirectional communication.

Manual Network port installation

Detect Network Printer window opens after starting the network port installation process.

  1. To start the manual network port printer driver installation, click Manual.

  2. Select your printer model.

  3. In Select Network Port window select which network port your printer will connect to.

    • Create a new network port option opens the Add Network Port window.

      • Port Name: defines the name for the newly created network port.

        Important

        Use the "LAN_" prefix in the Port Name to signal the printer driver that this is a bidirectional enabled port. Without the "LAN_" prefix, bidirectional communication stops and disables printer status checking.

        Example

        LAN_MyPrinter_300 dpi

      • Printer Name or IP Address: defines which printer connects to the newly created network port.

      • Port Number: number of the newly created network port. PrnInst suggests the number automatically.

    • Use an existing port: selects an automatically detected network port to connect the printer.

      • Enable Show all ports option to list all available (also non-network) ports.

      • Click Next to proceed to Printer Options step.