Connecting The Printer To A Network; Networking Overview; Finding Your Mac Address; Sharing A Printer In A Windows Environment - Lexmark X5070 User Manual

Connecting the printer to a network

Networking overview

A network is a collection of devices such as computers, printers, Ethernet hubs, wireless access points, and routers
connected together for communication through cables or through a wireless connection. A network can be either
wired, wireless, or designed to have both wired and wireless devices.
Devices on a wired network use cables to communicate with each other.
Devices on a wireless network use radio waves instead of cables to communicate with each other. For a device to
be able to communicate wirelessly, it must have a wireless print server attached or installed that enables it to receive
and transmit radio waves.

Finding your MAC address

You may need the media access control (MAC) address of the print server to complete network printer configuration.
The MAC address is a series of letters and numbers listed on the bottom of the external print server.

Sharing a printer in a Windows environment

1
Prepare the computers to share the printer.
a
Make all computers printing to the printer accessible through Network Neighborhood by enabling File and
Print Sharing. See the Windows documentation for detailed instructions.
b
Install the printer software on all computers that will print to the printer.
2
Identify the printer.
On the computer that is attached to the printer:
a
Click Start Settings
b
Right-click the Lexmark 5000 Series icon.
c
Click Sharing.
d
Click Shared As, and give the printer a distinctive name.
e
Click OK.
3
Locate the printer from the remote computer.
Note: The remote computer is the one that is not attached to the printer.
Windows 2000 or Windows XP users only:
a
Click Start Settings
b
Right-click the Lexmark 5000 Series icon.
c
Click Properties.
d
Click the Ports tab, and then click Add Port....
e
Select Local Port, and then click New Port....
f
Enter the Universal Naming Convention (UNC) Port name which consists of the server name and the
distinctive printer name that was specified in step 2 on page 95. The name should be in the form \\server
\printer.
g
Click OK.
h
Click Close on the Printer Ports dialog box.
Printers or Printers and Faxes.
Printers and Faxes.
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