I just want to change the IP address of this printer....please help....HP 1606dn....

[redgtxdi]

So this, along with the other half-dozen printers in this place are the bane of my existence. I am certain they will kill me some day if I don't get away from them.

However.....

At this moment, I have a config page printed showing me that the printer's IP is 193.168.3.107 (we use "3" on our network here at work). I go there & there's nothing. SSI/index.htm

I'm also on the printer via USB & my laptop. There's an HP menu that says "change or find IP" and when I click on it fetches a browser window & goes to a ridiculously unrelated HP webpage.

Why oh why can't I just find a menu & change the IP on this thing??

TIA for any help......

EDIT: I think I found out why. Firmware is gone! Instead of details on the config page, it shows "NO STRINGS IN ROM" and while it'll still pick an IP and probably still do basic print functions, menu abilities appear gone.

NOW......I'd like to try & feed it a firmware update. However, HP doesn't show ANY firmware.

WTF is it so hard to do the simplest things???

 

[redgtxdi]

Ok, finally got it. I was trying to hit up the Pro 1606dn & HP seems stingy with that one, but was able to get the firmware for the regular 1606dn. (driver download page shows a few options below as tree "+" signs and one option is the firmware "utility" which will just install the latest firmware which was fine with me).

So printer is back up. I kept original config page when we set up on the network so I was able to make sure all settings were identical, back to our original static IP and the sucker started kicking out pages like a champ!!

(I know I was on the right track when the firmware update corrected the config page so it looked like something normal).

I am happy. HP's support is normally relatively intuitive, but not so much in this case, however I can't complain. There are many far worse.

TGIF.....errr.....it's only Monday. Ahh $!^#^&!!