Print servers must be configured first. Find out what ip address the print server has. You do this by ensuring that the printer is connected to the print server and that both are powered up. Push the small button once on the print server. This will print a configuration page on the printer. This page will show all the details of the print server. To see if your print server's connectivity is properly functioning you can try opening your web browser and typing in the IP address next to http:// and hit enter. You should see your print server (One exception to this is if your print server does not have EWS (Embedded Web Server)In that case try pinging the address by opening a dos prompt and typing ping (IP Address)xxx.xx.xx.xxx If it is there you will get a reply from IP. If not it will timeout. If it timed out check your cabling, also whatever that cable is plugged into and verify the config page which you ran off the printer. How is the print server getting it's IP address. In other words is it static or DHCP etc..... Once you have connectivity the next step would be to install the printer. You have two choices here. Adding the printer on the server or your workstation. I am of the understanding that win2k can print directly to the print server port via it's ip address bypassing your network servers altogether. Either way your choice. Server side click start/settings/printers/add printer. Select next at the welcome to the add printer wizard screen, select network printer, find the print server port NPIXXXX for HP print servers, then click next assign a share name just follow the prompt. Try printing a test page from the server. On the workstation click start/settings/printers/add printer. Select next at the welcome to the add printer wizard screen, select network printer, click next without typing a name to browse the network. Find your printer by selecting the share name you assigned at the server follow the prompts. Once done it should work. Make sure that you have the approriate printer drivers for win2000 or other operating systems. If this still did not work the we'll cheet. Remove all printers from the work station. The system will ask you if you want to remove all drivers for those printers, click yes. Next add the printer on your workstation locally as if it were connected to you workstation. Then right click on the printers properties select the ports tab click add port select standard tcp/ip port click new port, click next put the ip address in click next etcc. just follow the prompts. Surely one of the above will get you success.
