Connect to network printer

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Peter A

I have a Brother HL-5250DN on my home network and it works fine. Now I
want to use that printer from a laptop provided by my employer. Because
this is a company laptop it is not part of my home network's workgroup
and the printer does not show up when I browse for network printers.
According to Windows help I have to specify the printer's URL but I have
no idea what this is or how to find it.

Help!

Thanks,
 
Is the printer shared from another machine?

\\machine\printersharename would be the format but you will need to verify
correct security settings.

If the printer has a network card, create a local printer using a Standard
TCP/IP port to the IP address of the device.

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Alan Morris
Windows Printing Team
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Is the printer shared from another machine?

\\machine\printersharename would be the format but you will need to verify
correct security settings.

If the printer has a network card, create a local printer using a Standard
TCP/IP port to the IP address of the device.
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The printer is not shared from another machine - it is connected via
ethernet to the router.

I am afraid that the rest of your message is Greek to me - if I knew how
to do these things I would not be posting <g>!

Thanks,
 
Add Printer
Next
Local Printer
Next
Create Port
Standard TCP/IP Port
enter the IP of the device (print the network config page for the device
nic)
Complete the port wizard
Select the driver
Next
Complete the wizard


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Alan Morris
Windows Printing Team
Search the Microsoft Knowledge Base here:
http://support.microsoft.com/search/?adv=1

This posting is provided "AS IS" with no warranties, and confers no rights.
 
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