A shared printer isn't the same as a network printer. Your printer doesn't have its own IP address, because it isn't on the network - the desktop computer is on the network. Click on the Line ‘The Printer that I want isn’t listed’ You’ll now get a Add Printer window where there is the ability to add a printer via a TCP/IP address or use the ‘Add a local printer or network printer with manual settings.’ I used the last option and added a new IP address for my Printer.

Exactly what curt and sluc is suggesting, you can assign the address manually through your router or modem. You probably need to isolate one printer on the network and have the computer and printer communicating directly. You can only have one primary printer. When you select your printers they should both say (Network) beside make and model.

Which you already may know. You can see what the printers MAC address is through your router. I do not know how to change MAC addresses though. Static IP's are simpler since you assign each device manually and always have the same address.

If you copy and paste the MAC address in the address bar you could configure your printer that way. The printer should have device settings and find network settings. (Not Printing Preferences) There you should be able to manually change one of them. The owners manual will help knowing the default settings. I don't need to be right, but I am never wrong.

You should not need to assign the printer a static IP address unless your computers specifically associate the printer with a fixed address. Windows computers can generally find a printer by name and without knowing its address; they do so by using a variety of broadcast protocols whenever Windows Network Discovery is enabled. I haven't used a Mac for a couple of years, so I don't remember how their printing functions work. If Macs discover printers by IP addresses, then proceed with reserving an IP address. BTW, it's important to distinguish between static vs reserved IP addresses. A static address is typically a non-DHCP managed address that is manually configured on a device.

A static IP address must be assigned outside of the DHCP range managed by any DHCP server(s) on the LAN. OTOH, a reserved IP address is a DHCP-managed address that is always assigned by a DHCP server to a particular device (usually identified by its MAC address).

The IP addresses managed through Advanced > Setup > LAN Setup are reserved IP addresses. Go to Advanced > Setup > LAN Setup. If you see a table, then this is a list of reserved addresses. If your printer is already listed, then you are done. If you don't see it, then click on the Add button. Don't select a device unless you want to remove the reservation.

After you click Add, you will be presented a new table of devices. Select your printer, then click the Add button again.

How to embed a youtube video on facebook. This should reserve the IP address currently assigned to your printer. You should not need to assign the printer a static IP address unless your computers specifically associate the printer with a fixed address. Windows computers can generally find a printer by name and without knowing its address; they do so by using a variety of broadcast protocols whenever Windows Network Discovery is enabled.

I haven't used a Mac for a couple of years, so I don't remember how their printing functions work. If Macs discover printers by IP addresses, then proceed with reserving an IP address. BTW, it's important to distinguish between static vs reserved IP addresses. A static address is typically a non-DHCP managed address that is manually configured on a device. A static IP address must be assigned outside of the DHCP range managed by any DHCP server(s) on the LAN. OTOH, a reserved IP address is a DHCP-managed address that is always assigned by a DHCP server to a particular device (usually identified by its MAC address). The IP addresses managed through Advanced > Setup > LAN Setup are reserved IP addresses.

Go to Advanced > Setup > LAN Setup. If you see a table, then this is a list of reserved addresses. If your printer is already listed, then you are done. If you don't see it, then click on the Add button.

Don't select a device unless you want to remove the reservation. After you click Add, you will be presented a new table of devices. Select your printer, then click the Add button again.

This should reserve the IP address currently assigned to your printer.