How do I find my printer IP address?

**xl_cheese** · May 22nd, 2008

I got a new printer and want to use it on the network. So I plugged it into my router.

How do I find the printer IP? Seriously, I've googled for 15 minutes.

**solitaire** · May 22nd, 2008

What's the Make & Model?

There should have been a disk with the Printer to install drivers.
Their should be a program to talk to the printer over the network to set it up.

Otherwise open "Network Neighbourhood" there should be an option to browse the network. open that and see if the printer pops up there. Their my also be an option to browse the network for a printer.

**xl_cheese** · May 22nd, 2008

It's a dell 1320c. I was able to get it working in windows via usb connection.

However when I try to do it over the network I don't see it anywhere. Not even with the windows install cd.

**jrusso2** · May 22nd, 2008

Different printers do it differently but with the HP there is usually in the menu is a key or combination of buttons that will print out the network configuration

**Iowan** · May 22nd, 2008

http://delltalk.us.dell.com/supportf...=179798#M13733

Connect printer to network with dhcp server (cable router, etc...).Power on printer.When printer is ready, press and hold printer "Continue" button to print settings pages to get printers DHCP assigned IP address.

**Pioneer5000** · January 18th, 2009

I have the same problem I need to find my Printer IP address, I have a Brother DCP-130C I cant find anything that just gives me a simple answer to this, its so annoying.

**t1m** · February 5th, 2010

I found my (Brother MFC-7440N) printer IP on the printer's menus...try browsing them to see? (It's a 196.254... one, so I'm wondering if it has another one for the local network?)

**doas777** · February 5th, 2010

can always scann your network to find the live IPs with somthing like this:
http://forums.jinx.com/topic.asp?TOPIC_ID=57110

nmap is prolly the best tool for the job, but it has a steep learning curve.

**edc80** · February 6th, 2011

My printer/scanner is a Brother MFC-9840CDW. I found its IP address by printing a report called "User Settings List." It's printed by navigating the menus on the printer itself:

Menu Button
6. Print Reports
5. User Settings
Start Button

On my printer, its IP address was in the report box that begins with the words WLAN ENABLE. The address was in the sixth line of this box on the printed report.

With thanks,
-EdC
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To Jesus through Mary

**cjhabs** · February 6th, 2011

Originally Posted by xl_cheese

I got a new printer and want to use it on the network. So I plugged it into my router.

How do I find the printer IP? Seriously, I've googled for 15 minutes.

They often are configured for DHCP so that they work out of the box - you can log onto your router - or whatever is your dhcp server - and find the printer there, with its ip address. Usually you can then hit it via http and configure it.