In order for a network printer to work effectively and consistently on a network, it needs to be set with its own permanent network address. In order to obtain a IP Reservation, you will need to email the IT Service Center to create a ticket, or give a call at 701-231-8685, option 1, with the following information:

• Department Name 
• Printer Location (building and room) 
• Printer Model 
• Inventory Number (is required, even if purchase value is less than minimum)
• If this is a replacement - IP address and inventory number of old printer 
• Hardware (MAC) address 

How to Determine Printer IP Address

An IT Service Center ticket will then be created. If your department is supported by ITS Desktop Support, you may not need the MAC address. Desktop Support can be dispatched to find this information for you. 

Other Information 

By default, NDSU will assign an IP address from a private address range. It is highly recommended that you set computers to print to the DNS name and not the IP address. This process gives greater flexibility when departments change printers, physically move buildings, and it also enhances security and allows for less use of the public network. Information Technologies will be transitioning all current printers using the public network to the 10.134.x.y network. 

ITS will be using a default naming convention for all networked printers.This default DNS name will look similar to: 

prn001.xy.ndsu.edu 

prn002.xy.ndsu.edu 

where the xy is the department sub-domain.