Printer address

12 Aug 2006 2:59 PM

Tom

I put an HP printer on my small peer-to-peer home network. When I print an
information page and see the address 192.168.1.105 for example - I then can
set the port configuration to go to that location.
However, when I turn the system & printer off then restart another address
becomes active and I have to again print 2 pages, and again change settings
to get to the printer.
Is there a way I can "look" at the network to see what addresses are
"active"? Or should I be doing something totally different? The brief
instructions on HP's site are not helping me at all.
I think I have it set for DHCL or something like that.
Thanks - I am not a network person, as you can tell.

12 Aug 2006 3:11 PM

Malke

Tom wrote:

> I put an HP printer on my small peer-to-peer home network. When I print an
> information page and see the address 192.168.1.105 for example - I then
> can set the port configuration to go to that location.
> However, when I turn the system & printer off then restart another address
> becomes active and I have to again print 2 pages, and again change
> settings to get to the printer.
> Is there a way I can "look" at the network to see what addresses are
> "active"? Or should I be doing something totally different? The brief
> instructions on HP's site are not helping me at all.
> I think I have it set for DHCL or something like that.
> Thanks - I am not a network person, as you can tell.

Set a static IP address for the printer. Refer to the printer documentation
to see how to do this.

Malke

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12 Aug 2006 5:55 PM

Steve Winograd [MVP]

In article <83349FC6-5649-40CB-9BB2-A6AFA2B86***@microsoft.com>, Tom
<T**@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote:

>I put an HP printer on my small peer-to-peer home network. When I print an
>information page and see the address 192.168.1.105 for example - I then can
>set the port configuration to go to that location.
>However, when I turn the system & printer off then restart another address
>becomes active and I have to again print 2 pages, and again change settings
>to get to the printer.
>Is there a way I can "look" at the network to see what addresses are
>"active"? Or should I be doing something totally different? The brief
>instructions on HP's site are not helping me at all.
>I think I have it set for DHCL or something like that.
>Thanks - I am not a network person, as you can tell.

Which model of HP printer is it? Does it have a built-in print
server, or have you connected the printer to an external print server?

I have a LaserJet 2600n with a built-in print server. HP's printer
software, which runs on each computer, can find the printer on the
network even if the printer has a DHCP IP address that changes from
time to time.

If that doesn't work on your printer, assign a static IP address, as
Malke suggested.

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