Adding A Printer With The Lpd Protocol (Tcp/Ip); Preparations; Procedures For Adding A Printer - Oki B721 User Manual

Adding a Printer With the LPD Protocol (TCP/IP)

Adding a Printer With the LPD Protocol (TCP/IP)
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In MAC OS X environment, you can connect a PS printer with the LPD protocol (TCP/IP).
Note
● If your printer does not support the TCP/IP protocol, you cannot connect a printer with this method. Check whether your
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printer can be connected to the network with the TCP/IP protocol or not.

Preparations

1
Check that the IP address, subnet
mask, rooter address, etc, for the target
Macintosh are set correctly and it is
connected to the network with the TCP/
IP.
2
Download the PPD installer for MAC OS X
of the PS printer to be connected from
OKI Data homepage, and unzip it. Then
start the PPD installer to install the PPD
on the Macintosh. If the PPD has been
installed, this step is not required.
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Set the IP address, subnet mask,
gateway address, etc. on a PS printer
to be connected. Keep the power of
the printer on for the printer being
connected to the TCP/IP network.
Procedures for Adding a
Printer
1
Open the System Preferences of
Macintosh, click [Print & Scan] to open
the [Print & Scan] dialog box.
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Click [+] to open the [Add] dialog box.
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