HP Designjet T620 Printer series - Manual (Page 20)

Printer sharing considerations
● The HP Printer Utility must be installed on a computer before it can be used from that computer.
● Any other users sharing your directly connected printer will be able to send print jobs, but will not
be able to receive information from the printer—which affects printer alerts, printer status reports,
paper management, printer administration and troubleshooting.
TIP: The best way to share the printer over a network is to connect the printer not to any computer,
but to the network. See Connect to a network (Windows) on page 11 .
Connect to a network (Windows)
Before you begin, check your equipment:
● The printer should be set up and on.
● The Ethernet hub or router should be on and functioning correctly.
● All computers on the network should be on and connected to the network.
● The printer should be connected to the network.
Now you can proceed to install the printer software and connect your printer:
1. Make a note of the IP address from the status screen on the printer's front panel (192.168.1.1 in
this example):
2. Insert the HP Start-Up Kit DVD into your computer. If the DVD does not start automatically, run the
START.EXE program in the root folder of the DVD.
3. Click Install. The printer drivers and the HP Printer Utility are installed.
4. Follow the instructions on your screen to set up the printer. The following notes help you to
understand the screens and make appropriate choices.
● When asked how the printer is connected, select Wired Networking.
● The configuration program looks for printers connected to your network. When the search is
complete, a list of printers appears. Identify your printer by its IP address and select it from
the list.
● The configuration program analyzes the network and the printer. The program detects the
network settings and suggests the settings to use when configuring the printer. It is not
normally necessary to change any of these settings, but you can do so if you wish.
If your computer fails to find any printers on the network, the Printer Not Found window is displayed,
which helps you to try to find your printer. If you have a firewall in operation, you may have to disable it
temporarily in order to find the printer. You also have the options of searching for the printer by its URL,
IP address or MAC address.
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