1.4 Installing Printers

Depending on how your administrator has configured your iPrint system, you install iPrint printers in one of the following ways. Contact your administrator for details on how you should access the iPrint system.

1.4.1 Using the iPrint Printer List Web Page

iPrint generates a list of printers associated with a Print Manager that can be used to install the iPrint Client, install an iPrint printer, or check the status and configuration of a printer including a list of print jobs.

  1. Enter the iPrint URL in your Web browser Address field.

    The iPrint Printer List is located at http://server_IP_ address_or_dns_name/ipp.

  2. From the list of available printers, select the printer you want to install.

    During the printer installation, iPrint downloads and installs the printer driver called a PPD file, if one is associated with the printer, and installs the printer on the user's workstation. The first time a printer is installed, this PPD file is forced to the workstation, even if the workstation contains a newer PPD file.

1.4.2 Using Location-Based Printing Web Pages

Location-based printing lets you use your Web browser to select printers based on locations by using a list view or a map, both of which are created by your iPrint administrator.