Adding an Internet printer

Before you begin

Ask your Infoprint Server administrator for this information:

The Uniform Resource Identifier (URI) of the printer.
The URI of a printer that is defined in the Printer Inventory has this format:
```
http://host:port/printers/printername
```
host

The host name or IP address of the z/OS system.

port

The port number where the IPP server is listening. The default is that the IPP server listens at port 631. Ask your administrator the port number to use.

printer_definition_name

The name of the printer definition in the Printer Inventory.
For example:
```
http://myzoshost:631/printers/myprinter
```
Be careful to note the exact spelling of the URI. Uppercase and lowercase letters are not equivalent, except in the host part of the URI.
The manufacturer and model number of the printer.
The name of the printer driver to use.
The printer driver converts your documents to a format that the printer understands. This driver might be available online, or your administrator might give it to you on a diskette or CD-ROM.

The AFP Printer Driver for Windows converts your documents to AFP format so you can print on AFP printers. You can download the AFP Printer Driver from the Ricoh AFP Printer Driver website (http://support.rpp.ricoh-usa.com/internet/dcfdata.nsf/vwWeb/P4000384). If you use the AFP driver, you need to know the model number and resolution of the AFP printer.

If either the PCL to AFP transform or the PostScript to AFP transform is installed on the z/OS® system, you can use a PCL or PostScript driver instead of the AFP driver.

Steps for adding an Internet printer

Use the standard Windows procedure to add a printer, and do these special steps:

When the Add Printer wizard asks you whether to install the printer as a local printer or a network printer, select either Network printer or A network printer, or a printer attached to another computer.
When the Add Printer wizard asks you how to connect, select Connect to a printer on the Internet. Enter the URI of the printer in the URL field.
When the Add Printer wizard asks you whether to install the printer driver, select OK.
While Windows is installing the printer driver, you see the screen where you entered the URI. For some time, it might seem that nothing is happening. Do not cancel the job. Wait for the Add Printer wizard to go on to the next window.