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Manual printer entry and modifying printer attributes
This section provides instructions to add printers to an MPL manually or edit printers previously added. If you have
performed one of the methods for auto printer discovery, many of the fields described here might automatically
populate. For more information, see Auto printer discovery in this chapter.
NOTE: Changes that you make in this section apply only to printers selected in the Printers window. To select
multiple printers, press and hold the Ctrl key and then select printers.
Follow these steps to add printers to an MPL manually, or to modify printer attributes manually.
1. To add a new printer manually, click Manual printer entry.
Type in the address as shown in the following table.
If you want to use the replace the ip address with the hostname, select Replace address with resolved
hostname on query.
Click Query device. The Model Name and printer features such as hard disk, duplexer, and color will be
displayed.
Enter the name of the printer to add to the HP MPL, replacing the text Unnamed printer (current date and
time).
Click Apply.
2. Select the printer(s) in which you want to modify attributes. The MPL printers screen displays with fields available
for modification.
3. Modify the fields listed in the following table as necessary.
Table I-26 MPL printers panel–Manual Printer Entry options
This panel populates automatically with previously retrieved printer information. Click
a specific printer to modify the fields.
Enter the name of the printer to add to the MPL, replacing the text Unnamed printer
(current date and time), or modify an existing name
When adding a new printer, provide one of the following addresses to define the type
of connection and the printer address for users to connect to the printer.
IP address:
Retrieve the IP address of the printer from the configuration page (for example,
115.22.112.151).
UNC path:
The UNC path tag includes any Windows printer share (also known as a Network
print queue) or non-Windows print queues such as a PSA or Novell (for example,
\\serverName\printerName, \\printServer\hpljm750,
\\NovellTree1\Context1\Context2\OU3.hpljm551, or
\\LabTree\Bldg7.SEMeetingRoom.Printers.hpm525).
Hostname:
Retrieve the host name of a product from the configuration page (for example,
NPIBB99EE, testlab.hou.com).
Replace address with resolved
hostname on query
After the Address field populates with a valid printer address, select this option and
then select Query Device to replace the ip address with the resolved hostname of the
printer.
Modify the model name of the printer (for example, HP Color LaserJet flow MFP
M880).
Enter the physical location of the printer to add to the MPL (for example, HP Color
LaserJet flow MFP M880 in Room 1002).
Enter in any comments (for example, tray 2 contains color paper).
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