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| Author: | HeatherKay [ Wed Jan 19, 2011 5:24 pm ] |
| Post subject: | HP Jetdirect setup |
As you might know, I have been attempting to get an elderly HP printer into the 21st century so my Mac can see it again. I've just bought a Jetdirect 600n card, plugged it in and seen that it was good. The card comes with a default IP address (192.0.0.192), but I've proved it is working by printing to it from an older Mac and also a Vista Home Premium PC. Now comes the tricky part. I need to set the IP address to something proper in my 192.188.x.x range, rather than the default. I did manage, somehow, to set the PC's network to the same IP range, and found the Jetdirect internal print server via Firefox. I then set a proper IP address in the control panel within my normal network range. So far, so good. The problem is I can't access the Jetdirect again. Once I'd set the new IP address and reset the PC's network settings to normal, it vanished. I can't get back to the control panel. The snag is I've been round Vista's networking control panels so many times now, I'm getting dizzy. I can't see to get Vista to see the printer's web server at all now. So, I reset the Vista network to the 192.0.0.x range again, and still no show from the printer. I've tried a so-called cold reset on the printer, hoping it would return to the default IP address, but it still won't show up. I'm now stuck. I can get the PC to work normally; I can get it so it's on the odd IP address; but I can't get it to talk to the Jetdirect any more. Any ideas? Oh, and while we're there, is there any way I can save network settings in Vista so I can have a selection to pick from, like in OS X? Cheers! |
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| Author: | rustybucket [ Wed Jan 19, 2011 8:36 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: HP Jetdirect setup |
Sorry I can't be very useful here HK - OSX and Vista are my kryptonite. If you could take a number and return to your seat, someone from our Networking dept. should be along shortly. |
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| Author: | HeatherKay [ Wed Jan 19, 2011 8:39 pm ] | |||||||||
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| Author: | saspro [ Wed Jan 19, 2011 9:43 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: HP Jetdirect setup |
Give me a shout tomorrow. Shouldn't take long to fix. |
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| Author: | saspro [ Thu Jan 20, 2011 2:20 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: HP Jetdirect setup |
Fixed |
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| Author: | HeatherKay [ Thu Jan 20, 2011 2:28 pm ] | |||||||||
| Post subject: | Re: HP Jetdirect setup | |||||||||
It most certainly is! Old Faithful lives again! Many thanks, Simon. I owe you at least one beer for that. We must try and get together at some point so I can make good on the deal! *one chuffed Hev* |
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| Author: | rustybucket [ Thu Jan 20, 2011 4:30 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: HP Jetdirect setup |
Walkthrough? |
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| Author: | HeatherKay [ Thu Jan 20, 2011 5:07 pm ] | |||||||||
| Post subject: | Re: HP Jetdirect setup | |||||||||
Better than that. My PC became a zombie puppet at the hands of a master. 
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| Author: | rustybucket [ Thu Jan 20, 2011 6:29 pm ] | ||||||||||||||||||
| Post subject: | Re: HP Jetdirect setup | ||||||||||||||||||
What I meant was anyone fancy writing up how they did it? |
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| Author: | HeatherKay [ Thu Jan 20, 2011 6:52 pm ] | |||||||||
| Post subject: | Re: HP Jetdirect setup | |||||||||
I see. Well, it's all a bit embarrassing really. I'd managed to set the printer's IP address to exactly the same one as the PC...  
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| Author: | didgeman [ Fri Jan 21, 2011 1:30 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: HP Jetdirect setup |
Oops .. i see what you meant in the other thread about network jiggery pokery now! So now you need to post in the "something new i learned today" thread. Didge. |
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| Author: | rustybucket [ Sat Jan 22, 2011 2:30 am ] | |||||||||
| Post subject: | Re: HP Jetdirect setup | |||||||||
D'Oh! Easily done though. |
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