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Printer Status Page

Managing Printers from a Browser

Accessing the Print Server Page
Print Queue Page

This section explains how to manage printers from a browser.

Accessing the Print Server Page

To access the Print Server Page, which contains a list of all the printers on the server, type one of the following:

http://the hostname (DNS name) of the server/printers

http://the computer name (WINS name) of the server/printers

http://the IP address of the server/printers

Example: http://hv100/printers

The following page appears, providing the information listed below.

Items	Explanation
Name	Print queue name of the shared printer. By clicking the print queue name, you can access the Print Queue Page.
Status	Status of the print queue.
Location	The location specified when adding the printer.
Jobs	Number of jobs currently in the print queue.
Models	Model name of the printer.
Comment	Comments specified when adding the printer.

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Print Queue Page

When you click the printer name in the Print Server Page, the following page appears. You can manage printing from the menu on the left. For information on these menus, see the Windows 2000 online help. Click "Device Status" to display the Printer Status Page.

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