How do I 'see' a networked Laserjet 4?

[Jon47]

I have attached an old Laserjet 4M Plus to a small Win2000 network via its network card. I have pinged the printer's IP address and got a reply, but when I go to "add printers" the printer is not visible. Can anyone help? The printer's card and the router both indicate the connection is OK.

Jon.

 

[petehall]

If you have connectivity to the printer then you need to set up a standard tcp/ip port.

Go to add a printer, select local printer connected to this computer (not network printer)
Create a new port, standard tcp/ip
Type in the ip address as your printer name
Your printer should now have been found and the printer wizard should then take you through selecting the make & model of your printer.
The last thing to do is print a test page. If you want to rename it to something sensible then just right click and change

Hope this helps

pete51h