Printer Search Status Help

The first time you click the Printer Neighborhood button in CentreWare IS to access Printer Neighborhood, the printer launches the first printer search process to locate all of the printers on the network. The Printer Search Status page displays showing the Current Date and Time and when the Last Search was performed. This page updates every 60 seconds until the search completes or you click Stop Printer List Update.

By default, the Search Scope is set to perform a Quick Phaser Search. You can modify the search parameters by editing these fields on the Printer Search Scope page accessed from the Preferences tab. For more information about printer search settings, see the Printer Search Scope Help page.

Once the printer search completes, the Printer Neighborhood Status page displays.

This screen only displays the first time you enter Printer Neighborhood or when the printer cache is empty.
When Quick Phaser Search is selected as the Search Type Setting on the Printer Search Scope page, the printer broadcasts a message to the network requesting other printers to respond and identify themselves. Information messages can be exchanged multiple times for each printer, causing greater network traffic. Due to the limitations of the network broadcast process, the printer search can reliably locate a maximum of 70 printers before the search can become unreliable.