How to find IP address of a connected printer?

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How to find IP address of a connected printer?

I wonder if anyone can tell me how to find the IP address of a printer that's already connected to my mac? Presumably there is a printer config file somewhere, but I'm not sure where to look.

Basically, I have a network printer at work already connected to my Mac, but I want to set it up for another Mac. No one can tell me the IP address of the printer, and I set it up so long ago on my mac I don't remember myself. However, surely this info must be stored somewhere in my Library files. Anyone?

TIA

Posted on Sep 12, 2011 2:38 AM

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Answer 1

BobHarris

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Sep 12, 2011 1:24 PM in response to softwater

I generally use either

WakeOnLan gives local network IP and MAC addresses

<http://www.macupdate.com/info.php/id/15779/wakeonlan>

or

Bonjour Browser

<http://www.macupdate.com/app/mac/13388/bonjour-browser>

These utilities tend to show the devices on the network.

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PAHU

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Sep 12, 2011 2:17 PM in response to softwater

On Mac OS X 10.7, open System Information (Applications > Utilities) and then under the Hardware section in the left column you will see Printers. Select this and the top right pane will show the print queues on the Mac. Select the printer you want and the bottom right pane will show you information about the printer. Note that if it was registered using Bonjour then an IP address may not be shown. So you could use the Bonjour Browser app that Bob has shown or you can do the same thing with Safari. With it open, select the Bookmarks icon and in the sidebar select Bonjour. The top right pane will show any Bonjour devices on your network and when selected, you will connect to the internal web page of the printer. Here you should be able to locate the IP address of the printer.

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Answer 3

softwater Author

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Sep 12, 2011 5:34 PM in response to PAHU

Thanks guys!

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