HP Officejet Pro K8600 Printer - Manual (Page 41)

1. General Information: Shows information about the current status and connection
type of the network, and other information, such as the URL of the embedded Web
server and the hardware address of the device.
Network Status: This setting can be 'Ready' or 'Offline'. When the setting is
'Offline', it implies either that the IP is being assigned or negotiated by the DNS
server, or that the AutoIP or the network is not available.
2. 802.3 Wired: Shows information about your wired network and on how the device
is configured, such as IP address, subnet mask, default gateway, server, and
service name. Also contains a Configured By field, which shows 'AutoIP' if the
device is connected to a peer-to-peer network, and 'DHCP' if the device is
assigned an IP address or is configured by a DHCP server.
3. Network Status: Shows whether LPD, mDNS, SLP, SNMP, and WINS are
enabled or disabled.
•
Line Printer Daemon (LPD) refers to the protocol and programs associated
with line-printer spooling services that may be installed on various TCP/IP
systems.
• Multicast Domain Name System (mDNS) services are typically used on small
networks for IP address and name resolution (through UDP port 5353) where a
conventional DNS server is not used.
• Service Location Protocol (SLP) is an Internet standard network protocol that
provides a framework to allow networking applications to discover the
existence, location, and configuration of networked services in enterprise
networks.
• Simple Network Management Protocol (SNMP) is used by network
management applications for device management. The device supports
SNMPv1 protocol on IP networks.
• The Windows Internet Naming Service (WINS) server provides Internet
Protocol (IP) address and name resolution services for network computers and
devices.
To print the network configuration page
•
Control panel: To print this page, press on the control panel for 3 seconds.
• Embedded Web server: Click Settings tab, click Reports in the left pane, select
Network Configuration Page from the drop-down list, and then click the Apply
button.
Configure the device (Windows)
You can connect the device directly to a computer, or you can share the device among
other users on a network.
NOTE: Microsoft Internet Explorer 6.0 or later must be installed on the computer
system to run the installation program.
In addition, you must have administrator privileges to install a printer driver on
Windows 2000, Windows XP, Windows Vista, or Windows Server 2003.
When setting up the device, HP recommends that you connect it after you install the
software because the installation program is designed to provide you with the easiest
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