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1) type the above into firefox or konqueror or whatever web browser you want.
2) Click on Printer Admininstration (or Manage Printers)
3) Click Add Printer which should prompt you for your root password (or your user password if you added yourself to the lpadmin group
4) Write a name for your printer (no spaces, /'s, or #'s, I believe are allowed)
5) Write a Location (like "Office 2222")
6) Write a description ("HP color laserjet") and hit continue
7) Select Device -- I believe here you want LPD/LPR Host or Printer
8) For Device URI enter lpd://hostname (or IP address)
9) Select the make (HP, Epson, PS) -- here you'll have to know what type of printer it is or choose PostScript which is sort of generic
10) Select the Model and hit Finish
The hardest part will be finding the network address for your network printer and the make/model that works. Sometimes postscript is the only one that works. It took me a while to fiddle around with it and get it all working.
When I look for PSC 1400, it doesn't look like this is a network printer. What I gave you would be a for a true network printer, like a LaserJet 8000. Something that runs over ethernet from a print server.
The PSC1400 looks like a desktop USB all-in-one type printer...
How is this setup? Is it plugged into your USB port? Or by network printer, do you mean that someone on your network is sharing it and you want to use it?
Okay, well, that's different. First you have to make sure Samba is installed and working. You also might have to install the hplip driver from your distribution repositories. Then at step 7, you'll want to select "Windows printer shared with Samba" or something like that. Then you'll have to put in your XP machine's IP address and the printer sharename (like smb://192.168.1.5/psc1400). Then you'll probably have to select "HP" for the make and "PSC 1400" for the model.
Using the Printer Setup Menus on your printer, print the "Network Configuration" page. This page will have the IP address of the printer, which is essential to complete the printer setup.
How do I tell the IP address of my printer? Wouldn't be the IP address of the computer it is connected to?
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