Renaming Network Printer

[Scott Spiegler]

I tried to add a new networked printer. I did:

Control Panel -> Add Printer -> Network printer -> Connect to printer
on the Internet URL

It worked but the name of the printer is now "Printer Name on
http://192.168.1.104", which is pretty ugly. How do I rename it, as I
would like to make it easy to identify in a list of printers we have.
When I right-click the printer, it doesn't give me the option to
rename it,

Thanks, Scott

[Philip Herlihy]

Can't test this theory at the moment, but doesn't the name of the remote
printer come from settings on the printer itself? If it's a standalone
printer, try connecting with a browser and see if there are options to
change the name there.

Phil, London

[daytripper]

Since Win2K, there's not been any way for a Windows client to change the name
of a network printer. Mostly because the client only has a link to the printer
object on the printer server - there is no actual printer object on the client
to rename...

Cheers

[Philip Herlihy]

Sure, but more sophisticated network printers (have seen a whole bunch
of them) have a web interface which allows administrative adjustments
like changing the published name. Have done this myself several times.
Sorry if my original post wasn't clear: you connect using a web
browser to the printer's IP address (sometimes on port 8080) to see (if)
these facilities (exist).

Phil

[John Wunderlich]

Scott Spiegler <scotts...@gmail.com> wrote in news:8c4e768e-522e-
4aee-bd52-0...@i6g2000yqj.googlegroups.com:

Assuming that you can print directly to the printer without a print
server, I find that the following sequence usually works better:

Add Printer -> Local Printer (no "Automatic) -> Create New Port
Type of Port: Standard TCP/IP Port -> Next -> Next -> Enter IP
Address of printer... [etc, etc]

The trick is to select "Local Printer" instead of "Network Printer".
Installing as a local printer allows you to change the name easily.

HTH,
-- John