Our Xerox color laser printers will not work if you configure them using Windows "Standard TCP/IP Port" setting...they require LPD printing to function. This is not enabled by default in Windows, but it's easy enough to enable.
Windows XP
Click on "Start" -> "Settings" -> "Control Panels".
- Select the "Network Connections" control panel.
- In the resulting window, click on "Advanced" and select "Optional Networking components".
- Checkmark the box next to "Other Network File and Print Services".
- Click Next.
- Windows should then add a few things and close that window.
- Close the "Network Connections" window.
Windows 7
- Click on "Start", then "Control Panel".
- Select the "Programs and Features" control panel.
- On the left side, click on "Turn Windows features on or off".
- In the resulting window, click on the "+" symbol next to "Print and Document Services".
- Checkmark the boxes next to "LPD Print Service" and "LPR Port Monitor".
- Click on OK to make the changes.