Setting up a print server

[mufcmark]

I'm trying to set up a print server using a homehub and I have a few queries.

I was informed that I'll need to to give the printer a static ip address due to the lease only being around 3 days. How can I assign the printer a static ip if won't come up in the list of devices.

Another problem I'm having is setting it up on multiple computers. I got it set up fine on the first but then when I set it up in the second it wouldn't work on either. Should I disable LPR Byte Counting and give each computer a different name on the queue eg LPT1 then LPT2?

If I was to get this working, I've been told that the internal memory on the hub is awful and the largest document I could print would be 2mb. Is there anything I can do to get around this or would I have to manually hook up the printer again each time?

 

[mufcmark]

Its a brother mfc 3360c and the homehub is the version 1.5 hub.

When I set it up all I did was

-Add printer
-Local printer
-create a new port: TCP/IP
-Type in the ip as 192.168.1.253 (untick 'Query the printer and automatically select the drivers to use' box
-It then runs and I had to click custom
-I Select LPR
- Select LPR Byte Counting Enabled
-Enter the Queue Name as LPT1
-Then I select the printer model

I'm trying to set this up at my cousins and in the mean time I just hooked it up to their main pc and connect via the pc rather than the hub.

I probably misheard the person about the internal memory only allowing 2mb documents.

 

[mufcmark]

If I changed the start address and end address of the DCHP pool so that the printer server was outside the range, would it use a static ip?