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Setting Criteria for Printer Search/Searching Specific Printer

You can set the criteria for printer search when you start up IJ Network Device Setup Utility or update the printer search, or you can search the specific printer.

Changing these settings may detect the printer you want to use if it is not detected

Note

  • If the printer you want to use is not detected, it may be detected by entering IP address, subnet mask, or default gateway on the operation panel and search again.

Setting Criteria for Printer Search

  1. Start up IJ Network Device Setup Utility.

  2. Check the displayed message and select Yes.

  3. Select Printer Network Setup on the displayed screen.

    Detected printers are listed.

  4. Select Search Settings... on Option menu.

    The Search Settings screen appears.

  5. Enter criteria for printer search.

    figure: Search Settings screen

    1. Search Time:

      Specifies the time to search printers.

    2. Time out:

      Specifies the timeout length for not receiving a response from printer.

    Note

    • Printers you want to find are more likely to be detected as the values are larger, however, it may take a while to search them.

  6. Click Set.

Searching Specific Printer

  1. Start up IJ Network Device Setup Utility.

  2. Check the displayed message and select Yes.

  3. Select Printer Network Setup on the displayed screen.

    Detected printers are listed.

  4. Select Specified Searching... on Option menu.

    The Specified Searching screen appears.

  5. Select item to specify and enter value.

    figure: Specified Searching screen

    1. IPv4 Address

      Specifies the IPv4 address of the printer you want to search.

    2. IPv6 Address

      Specifies the IPv6 address of the printer you want to search.

    3. Host Name

      Specifies the host name of the printer you want to search.

  6. Click Search.

    IJ Network Device Setup Utility starts searching by the specified criteria and detected printers are listed.