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In a system comprising at least one terminal 100 and one or more printers connected to a network, a printer 200 is assigned a predetermined identifier, such as a manufacturer serial number. When a printer port of a terminal 100 is configured, the printer 200 is indicated using its identifier, instead of its network address. In response to a print request for a printing operation to be performed by a specified printer 200, the computer 100 generates an address request containing the identifier of the specified printer 200 for transmission to the printers on the network. The specified printer 200 determines that its identifier matches that contained in the address request and responds by sending its network address to the computer 100. Should the network address of a printer to be altered, the identifier may remain unchanged, so that reconfiguration of the printer port is not required. <IMAGE>
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