Re: Pls HELP with a Tektronix Phaser 740 Lan printer

otamcnet

In article <gIH0g.17831$>,
says...
> I received from a friend this old color laser printer, and can't seem to
> make it print either thru lpt (bidirectional) or, what i would prefer,
> thru lan.
>
> pc and printer are connected to a USR Wireless Turbo Access Point and
> Router, one with 192.168.123.100, the other one with 192.168.123.101,
> gateway for both 192.168.123.254
> DHCP is activated both on the pc (Win xp home) and on the printer's menu.
>
> A ping from pc on the printer's ip works correctly, but I cannot find
> any installable printers if I look for it thru the "add printer" setup...
>
> Any idea?
> They gave me ith a full set of toners, and I know it's an old (verrry
> heavy, let me tell that :-) but very good aser printer... I really would
> like to use a bit of it!
>
> Thanks for the help,
> Cam
>
its not plug and play. you have to add printer. new port. tcpip.
then tell the ip adress and then selct textronic 740. Drivers are built
into win200+ should be good to go.