{"id":9982,"date":"2017-08-27T11:00:37","date_gmt":"2017-08-27T11:00:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.top-password.com\/blog\/?p=9982"},"modified":"2023-04-08T02:51:29","modified_gmt":"2023-04-08T02:51:29","slug":"find-printer-ip-address-in-windows","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.top-password.com\/blog\/find-printer-ip-address-in-windows\/","title":{"rendered":"How to Find Your Printer&#8217;s IP Address in Windows"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>How do I find the IP address of a printer on a network? Sometimes you may need to install the printer on a different computer, so you need to obtain your printer&#8217;s IP address. In this tutorial we&#8217;ll show you 2 simple ways to find out your printer&#8217;s IP address in Windows 11, 10, 8 and 7.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Method 1: Find Printer&#8217;s IP Address via Configuration Sheet<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>If you have physical access to the printer, you can usually print the configuration page by pressing and holding a button (<strong>Power<\/strong> or <strong>Go<\/strong>) on the printer for about 5 to 10 seconds. You must find out the button\/or combination of button by reading printer manual.<\/p>\n<p>Some printers have the option to view the IP address directly from the system menu. For example, if you&#8217;re using HP Office Jet Pro 8600 printer, just go to the <strong>Home Screen<\/strong> -&gt; <strong>Setup<\/strong>, then touch <strong>Reports<\/strong> and then select <strong>Network Configuration<\/strong> to see all of the printer&#8217;s network details.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Method 2: Find Printer&#8217;s IP Address in Windows<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>If you&#8217;re running Windows 11, here&#8217;s how you can find the IP address of the printer installed on your computer.<\/p>\n<ol>\n<li>Press the <strong>Windows<\/strong> and <strong>I<\/strong> keys together on the keyboard to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.top-password.com\/blog\/common-ways-to-open-settings-app-in-windows-11\/\">open the Settings app<\/a>, go to: <strong>Bluetooth &#038; devices<\/strong> -> <strong>Printers &#038; scanners<\/strong>.\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.top-password.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/printers-and-scanners.png\" width=\"600\" height=\"379\" class=\"alignnone size-full\" \/>\n<\/li>\n<li>Click on the printer you want to find the IP address of.\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.top-password.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/select-a-printer.png\" width=\"600\" height=\"373\" class=\"alignnone size-full\" \/>\n<\/li>\n<li>Click the &#8220;<strong>Printer properties<\/strong>&#8221; option.\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.top-password.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/printer-settings.png\" width=\"600\" height=\"397\" class=\"alignnone size-full\" \/>\n<\/li>\n<li>Under the <strong>General<\/strong> tab, you will see the IP address of your printer in the <strong>Location<\/strong> textbox.\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.top-password.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/find-printer-ip-address-windows-11.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"570\" height=\"510\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-19677\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.top-password.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/find-printer-ip-address-windows-11.png 570w, https:\/\/www.top-password.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/find-printer-ip-address-windows-11-300x268.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 570px) 100vw, 570px\" \/>\n<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p>On Windows 10, 8 , 7, you can use the Control Panel to find the printer&#8217;s IP address. Follow these steps:<\/p>\n<ol>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.top-password.com\/blog\/9-ways-to-open-control-panel-in-windows-10\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Open the Control Panel<\/a> and set the <strong>View by<\/strong> option to <strong>Large icons<\/strong>. Click <strong>Devices and Printers<\/strong>.\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.top-password.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/devices-and-printers.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"551\" height=\"373\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-9985\" \/>\n<\/li>\n<li>Right-click on the printer installed on your PC, and then select <strong>Printer Properties<\/strong> from the menu that appears.\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.top-password.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/printer_properties.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"455\" height=\"411\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-9986\" \/>\n<\/li>\n<li>In the Properties window, go to <strong>Ports<\/strong> tab. Select the port that has the check mark and click <strong>Configure Port<\/strong>.\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.top-password.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/configure-printer-port.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"474\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-9987\" \/>\n<\/li>\n<li>In the next screen, you should see the IP address in the &#8220;<strong>Printer Name or IP Address<\/strong>&#8221; text box. That&#8217;s it!<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<!-- AddThis Advanced Settings generic via filter on the_content --><!-- AddThis Share Buttons generic via filter on the_content -->","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>How do I find the IP address of a printer on a network? Sometimes you may need to install the printer on a different computer, so you need to obtain your printer&#8217;s IP address. In this tutorial we&#8217;ll show you 2 simple ways to find out your printer&#8217;s IP address in Windows 11, 10, 8 [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1,10,1894,3,39],"tags":[3513,5146,5145],"class_list":["post-9982","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-others","category-tips-tricks","category-windows-10","category-windows-7","category-windows-8","tag-find-printer-ip-address","tag-find-printer-ip-address-windows-10","tag-find-printer-ip-address-windows-11"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.top-password.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9982","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.top-password.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.top-password.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.top-password.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.top-password.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=9982"}],"version-history":[{"count":11,"href":"https:\/\/www.top-password.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9982\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":19680,"href":"https:\/\/www.top-password.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9982\/revisions\/19680"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.top-password.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=9982"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.top-password.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=9982"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.top-password.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=9982"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}