如果您打算很快购买打印机，则应考虑购买以太网或无线打印机(Ethernet or wireless printer)。近年来价格已经下降，现在大多数人都有无线网络，您可以设置网络，以便您可以在家中甚至世界任何地方使用Google 云打印等服务进行打印(Google Cloud Print)！它也非常适合客人，因为他们可以连接到您的无线网络并(wireless network and print)轻松打印，而无需摆弄电缆和 CD，因此您将获得很多作为主持人的赞誉！
在本文中，我将只讨论网络或以太网打印机(network or Ethernet printers)。此外，本文适用于Windows XP用户。如果您使用的是Windows 7或Windows 8，则该过程要容易得多，您可以在此处阅读我关于将打印机添加到Windows 8的另一篇文章。现在让我们开始吧。为了在Windows XP(Windows XP)机器上设置打印机，您需要执行以下操作：
第 1 步：(Step 1:) 首先，将Cat 5或 6 电缆（打印机应随附）的一端连接到您的路由器，另一端连接到打印机的网络端口(network port)，从而将打印机连接到您的网络。现在，打开您的打印机并等待它准备就绪。
第 2 步：(Step 2:)接下来，您需要获取打印机的IP 地址(IP address)。IP 地址(IP address)可以让您的计算机知道在网络上的何处可以找到您的打印机。所有网络打印机都允许您打印配置表(configuration sheet)，其中将列出有关打印机的基本信息以及当前网络配置(network configuration)。
对于大多数打印机，这包括按下打印机上的菜单(Menu)按钮，进入信息(Information)选项并选择打印配置(Print Configuration)。有时如果没有显示，您只需按住Go或Print按钮约 10 秒钟，它就会打印配置页(configuration page)。您将寻找TCP/IP section：
IP 地址(IP Address)是您接下来的步骤所需要的。您的打印机应自动从网络上的DHCP 服务器(DHCP server)获取IP 地址(IP address)。在家里，IP 应该来自无线路由器(wireless router)或住宅网关，如果你有一个充当电缆调制解调器和路由器的路由器(cable modem plus router)。
第 3 步：(Step 3:)最后一步是将打印机添加到您的计算机。单击(Click)开始，然后单击(Start)打印机和传真(Printers and Faxes)。
如果您在“开始”菜单(Start Menu)中没有看到此内容，您可以转到“开始(Start)”、“控制面板(Control Panel)” ，然后单击那里的“打印机和传真”(Faxes)。单击左侧任务窗格(task pane)中的添加打印机。(Click Add Printer)
添加打印机(Add Printer)向导将开始，因此单击下一步(Next)开始。在下一个屏幕上，系统会询问您的打印机是本地打印机还是网络打印机(network printer)。这些选项令人困惑，因为网络打印机(network printer)实际上指的是连接到另一台计算机的打印机或打印服务器(print server)上的打印机。我们的打印机是独立打印机，因此您必须选择连接到此计算机的本地打印机(Local printer attached to this computer)，并确保取消选中自动检测打印机复选框。
单击下一步(Click Next)，系统会要求您选择打印机端口(printer port)。由于我们的打印机是具有IP 地址的(IP address)网络打印机(network printer)，我们需要选择创建新(Create a new)端口(port)选项并选择Standard TCP/IP Port.
单击下一步(Click Next)，您将获得另一个添加TCP/IP printer端口的向导。在主向导屏幕上(wizard screen)单击下一步(Next)。在第一个文本框中(text box)，打印机名称或 IP 地址(Printer Name or IP Address)，输入您之前打印机的打印机配置表中的(printer configuration sheet)IP 地址(IP address)。
单击下一步(Click Next)，根据您所拥有的打印机，您可能会在向导结束前获得另一个对话框。如果无法识别打印机的网卡，向导会要求您选择(network card)网卡类型(card type)。您可以保留“通用网卡(Generic Network Card)”的默认值，然后单击下一步。
单击下一步(Click Next)，然后单击完成(Finish)。然后您将继续使用“添加打印机”向导(Add Printer wizard)，您需要从制造商列表中选择打印机或单击“从磁盘(Have Disk)安装”并将打印机驱动程序光盘(printer driver cd)插入计算机。
单击下一步(Click Next)并输入您的打印机名称，如果您希望打印机成为您的默认打印机，请单击(default printer)是单选(Yes radio)按钮。
单击下一步(Click Next)，系统将询问您是否要共享打印机。单击否，因为任何其他想要连接的人都可以按照相同的步骤进行连接。在更高版本的Windows XP中，打印机共享对话框已被删除。 单击下一步(Click Next)，然后单击是(Yes)打印测试页(test page)并确保计算机和打印机(computer and printer)可以通信！
单击下一步(Click Next)，然后单击完成！新打印机将出现在您的打印机和传真屏幕(Faxes screen)中，您就可以在Windows XP中使用(Windows XP)网络打印机(network printer)进行打印了！
How to Install a Network Printer on Your Home or Office Network
Іf you’re planning on buуing a printer soon, you should consider buying an Ethernet or wireless printer. Рrices have come down in recent years and now that most people hаve wireless networks, you can setup your network so that you can print from anywhеre in the house or even the world using a service like Google Cloud Print! It’s also great for guests because they can connect to your wireless network and print easily without having to fiddle with cables and CDs, so you’ll get lots of kudos as a host!
In this article, I’ll talk only about network or Ethernet printers. Also, this article is for Windows XP users. If you’re using Windows 7 or Windows 8, the process is far easier and you can read my other post on adding a printer to Windows 8 here. Now let’s get started. Here’s what you’ll need to do in order to setup the printer on your Windows XP machine:
Step 1: First, connect the printer to your network by connecting one end of a Cat 5 or 6 cable (which should have come with your printer) to your router and the other end into the network port of your printer. Now, turn your printer on and wait for it to become ready.
Step 2: Next you’ll need to get the IP address of your printer. The IP address is what will let your computer know where to find your printer on the network. All network printers allow you to print a configuration sheet that will list basic information about the printer along with the current network configuration.
For most printers, this involves pressing the Menu button on the printer, going to the Information option and choosing Print Configuration. Sometimes if there is no display, you just press and hold the Go or Print button down for about 10 seconds and it’ll print the configuration page. You will be looking for the TCP/IP section:
The IP Address is what you’ll need for the next steps. You printer should automatically get an IP address from the DHCP server on your network. At home, the IP should be coming from the wireless router or residential gateway if you have one that acts as a cable modem plus router.
Step 3: The last step is to add the printer to your computer. Click on Start, then Printers and Faxes.
If you don’t see this in your Start Menu, you can go to Start, Control Panel and then click on Printers and Faxes there. Click Add Printer from the task pane on the left.
The Add Printer wizard will begin, so click Next to get started. On the next screen you’ll be asked whether your printer is a local printer or a network printer. These options are confusing because a network printer is actually referring either a printer connected to another computer or a printer on a print server. Our printer is a stand-alone printer and so you must select Local printer attached to this computer and make sure that you uncheck the box for automatically detecting the printer.
Click Next and you’ll be asked to select the printer port. Since our printer is a network printer with a IP address, we need to select the Create a new port option and choose Standard TCP/IP Port.
Click Next and you’ll get another wizard to add a TCP/IP printer port. On the main wizard screen click Next. In the first text box, Printer Name or IP Address, enter the IP address from the printer configuration sheet you printer earlier.
Click Next and depending on the printer you have, you may get one more dialogs before the end of the wizard. If the network card for the printer cannot be identified, the wizard will ask you to choose the card type. You can leave the default of “Generic Network Card” and click Next.
Click Next and click Finish. You will then continue on with the Add Printer wizard and you’ll need to either choose the printer from the list of manufacturers or click Have Disk and insert your printer driver cd in the computer.
Click Next and enter a name for your printer and click the Yes radio button if you would like the printer to be your default printer.
Click Next and you’ll be asked whether you want to share the printer or not. Click No because anyone else who wants to connect will be able to do so following the same steps. In later versions of Windows XP, the printer sharing dialog has been removed. Click Next and click Yes to print a test page and make sure that the computer and printer can communicate!
Click Next and then click Finish! The new printer will appear in your Printers and Faxes screen and you’re ready to print to your network printer in Windows XP!
