Panasonic KX-P8420 User Manual

SMB is a protocol which allows Windows users to share a file or a printer. KX-P8420 supports this protocol to enable

peer to peer printing from Windows95/98, WFW,WindowsNT4.0.

To setup SMB printing, you need to do the following procedure.

1)Set IP address of KX-P8420. Refer to “

2)Enable SMB protocol and Set SMB name(Server name) of KX-P8420 by WebSetup.

3)Change printer port to the specified Server name in a printer properties that exists on a Windows machine from

which you want to print.

To setup SMB printing, you need to use WebSetup/Network Setup.

1)Launch the Browser

2)Enter the valid P8420 URL address

3)When P8420 WebTools main GUI appears, click WebSetup button.

4)When WebSetup main Screen appears, click Network setup button.

5)When Network Setup appears, select Service setup.

In this tab, you have to enter the following item.

Enable Windows  Printing  Service  - Enable this option to enable SMB(Server Message Block), the file and printer

sharing protocol built into Windows. Enabling SMB allows the KX-P8420 to be listed on the network

so that Windows clients can print to a particular print connection (Hold, Print, or Direct) on the KX-P8420 without any

other networking software. Windows (SMB) printing runs over TCP/IP, so TCP/IP must be configured on all the KX-

P8420 and on workstations that use Windows printing.

Server Name - The server name is the name of KX-P8420 that will appear on the network. As a default, Server

name is “KX-P8420”.

- Lowercase characters are not allowed.

- Each printer should have a different server name, if several KX-P8420 printers are connected to the same network.

Comment - Server comments (optional) can contain information about the printer.

Domain Workgroup - Enter the workgroup or domain you want the KX-P8420 to appear in.

- Lowercase characters are not allowed.

Use WINS Server - Select to use a WINS name server. Broadcasts from SMB devices cannot be routed beyond

their original network segment without a WINS name server. Therefore, to print a file to KX-P8420 located at the

different network segment, you need to specify the address of WINS server.