IP address question

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Hello
Just want to say that everything seems to be working, I can print from the PC via USB and even send from my phone to the printer. All works:
However, I'm not clear on where the printer is getting this APIPA IP from that I'm seeing in the printer's display. Note: I use IP assignments on my router for port forwarding. With my old dell printer, I would reserve an IP address for it in the router, and the router would always assign 192.168.50.7 to that printer via DHCP.

Why am I seeing an automatic IP on the printer screen? It almost seems like the printer is acting as a server and making it's own IP address. That's what it sounds like the manual. But I just want to be clear. My router has a reserved IP for the Brothers printer that I added with the Mac address, but the printer is not using it, it's using it's own APIPA and nothing for gateway.

Thank you
 

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