How do I change the name of my printer so I know on my iPad to which printer I am sending a document to? I went on and changed it on HP utility, but it still shows up as the same name as the other printer in the house and I can't differentiate to the one downstairs and the one upstairs on my iPad.
I did this, but the name on my iPad is still the model of the printer. Is there any way I can change that so it shows up "Carson's Printer" on the iPad instead of "Photosmart 5520d series"?
This is amazing support! Thank you so much! I spent so much time looking through HP support and found nothing on how to change the name of the printer! It's amazing that I have to find my answers through apple support for my non apple products. Thanks again!
Hi Carson325
1) In 10.7 go to the Apple Icon at the top of the screen. Then select System Preferences and then Print and Scan:
2) In the Print and Scan pane CTRL/Control/Right click on the printer you want to rename. A manu will appear like this one:
3) Then select "Rename Printer".
4) You can then enter a name for your printer and even a location!
5) Click "OK" to confirm.
I hope that helps.
Kind regards
Lawrence
If you are using AirPrint to directly to the HP from the iPad, rather than printing via a shared queue on a Mac, then you will need to change the name registered in the printer.
If you know the IP address used by the printer then you can connect to its internal web page by typing that IP address into a web browser. Once there you will see some menus that should let you change the name.
If you don't know the IP address then you can open Safari on the Mac and select to show all Bookmarks. Then from the sidebar, select the Bonjour entry. This should show the HPs on your network and selecting either will also take you to their internal web page.
Or, there should also be a way that you can change the name used via the touch panel on the printer.
This did the trick! Thank you so much!
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