The printer will begin conversing with your router.
Most network printers can use one of three methods to converse with your Mac:
?– Bonjour Bonjour is a network protocol that was first known throughout geekdom
as Zero Configuration Networking, which is a derivative of TCP/IP that needs no
configuration to operate. This means that a device running the protocol automatically
discovers and talks to other devices running the protocol, without any settings being
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made by the users of those devices. The devices just see each other and start talking,
instantly opening communications with few, if any, headaches for users. Most new
printers support Bonjour out of the box.
?– AppleTalk Apple developed this protocol during the Stone Age of desktop PCs, way
back in the 1980s. The concept of AppleTalk is the same as Bonjour: to allow devices to
simply talk to one another with very little, if any, configuration by the end user. Although
the protocol is old and just the tiniest bit slower than Bonjour and TCP/IP, it is still more
than adequate unless you have heavy-duty printing requirements.
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