Xerox 8400B User Guide

 

 

 

The following section discusses various discover parameters that may be set 
through the Discover Configuration window. The Discover Configuration window 
is divided into three portions. IP, IPX, and Community String. 

To discover network printers via IP, check the IP box located at the top left corner 
of the Discover Configuration window. The user may now configure up to four 
different methods by which PrinterMap can discover printers via IP. Subnet and 
IP address range discover are configured under the main Discover Configuration 
window and default gateway and secondary router discover are configured on the 
Routers window accessible by clicking on the Routers button.  

To perform an IP subnet discovery, check this box. In most cases PrinterMap 
automatically fills-in the IP address and subnet mask of the local machine. The 
user may use these values or fill-in new IP address and subnet mask information in 
order to discover the printers on a remote subnet. Using the IP address and subnet 
mask values, the discover process systematically checks all IP addresses within the 
specified subnet. For example, if there is a class C network and the local 
machine’s IP address is 12.13.12.67 with a subnet mask of 255.255.255.0 then 
PrinterMap queries every IP address between 12.13.12.1 and 12.13.12.254. 

To perform an IP address range discover, check this box. Multiple IP address 
ranges can be specified. The discover process queries all the IP addresses within 
each specified range. After entering a new IP address range click the Add button. 
Address ranges can be edited in-place by clicking the desired range twice. To 
remove a range, highlight the range and click the Delete button.  

To have PrinterMap resolve IP addresses of discovered printers to their host name 
equivalent, check this box.  In environments where IP host names are relied on 
more than the MIB II system name value, this box should be checked.  After the 
discover process, PrinterMap resolves each discovered printer's IP address into its 
equivalent host name value. 

 

Choosing the Routers button retrieves another IP discover configuration window 
with further choices for discovery via network routers.