Setting up windows nt 4.0 clients for smb printing – Panasonic KX-P8420 User Manual

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Connecting the Printer to a Network

Setting up Windows NT 4.0 clients for SMB printing

The following instructions describe printing to a network port using the
Details tab of the Printer Properties dialog.

The Details tab of the Printer Properties dialog is not available when the
dialog is accessed using File>Print from within applications. This tab
appears only when the Printer Properties dialog is accessed via the Printers
folder.

To set up SMB printing on Windows NT 4.0:

1

From the Start menu, choose Settings, and click
Printers.

2

Select the

Panasonic

KX-P8420

printer

icon, and choose

Properties from the File menu.

3

Click the Ports tab in the Properties window and click
Add Port.

4

In the Printer Ports dialog box, select Local Port, and
then click New Port.

The Port Name dialog box appears.

5

Enter the name of the printer port to print to, for
example: \\KX-P8420\direct and then click OK.

6

To confirm the connection, click the General tab in the
Printer Properties dialog box.

7

Click Print Test Page and click OK.

If the test page prints successfully, you are ready to print from the
computer.

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