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LPR just doesn't work for me...
Authored by: sunsoul on Dec 03, '01 04:56:11PM

Excuse my newbism, but how do you know or set your laserprinter's IP address ?
this would really help me to increase my printing speed !
i would like to set my LW IIg to talk to my network via IP; in order to do it, i need to add it in Print Center via IP... and then, i need to know my printer's IP address, which my newbism wont let me know ;)

THX



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LPR just doesn't work for me...
Authored by: markt on Jan 03, '02 12:10:50PM

I am still looking for a simple explanation to the problems you are encountering. I have three laser printers on a network. 2 of them are HP printers with the same IP address so I can't seem to print to one of them. The other is a LexMark M410 which allegedly allows me to change the address but I keep getting a message that there is a problem with the address I gave it.

Therefore, there must be some secret to what numbers a printer can have, and conversely, there must be some secret to how you can change the IP numbers on an HP 8000N.

I sure haven't found it yet.

One of these days, someone will give us a clear, non-techy answer to these problems. As for now, I can barely print and have a pretty hard time getting my OSX to connect to my network.

At this point, it all seems like dark arts and witchcraft. But like I said, someday, someone will offer us a clear, step-by-step process that will get us up and running ... in the meantime, don't we non-techy's just long for the days when all we had to do was select a printer or server via the chooser?



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LPR just doesn't work for me...
Authored by: mooboynyc on Dec 05, '03 07:16:24AM

TCP/IP rule #1: 2 devices cannot have the same IP address.



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LPR just doesn't work for me...
Authored by: hope on Mar 18, '04 07:19:46PM

I have a LW IIg also, and I tried all sorts of tricks to enable IP printing. It boils down to, this printer expects AppleTalk jobs, and it's not going to talk IP.

Less boiling: I work in networking, and I tried adding a static ARP entry to assign an IP address, and then I read the manual that it doesn't have a network stack so it just doesn't talk IP. The Ethernet cable threw me off too -- I probably should have started with the manual! I haven't given up hope, but I am using another printer now so I'm not looking hard. CUPS is remarkable, and atprint should be able to handle it too. However, if you're a newbie (don't like the looks of Terminal for "man atprint") or just plain busy (me), a new printer would be the faster solution. Sorry.



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