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Need help with setting up jetdirect

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blackrain

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Can someone help me set up jetdirect?

I have an HP laserjet 4 plus with an HP Jetdirect card (J2550A according to the self test)

Here's my network setup. I have a cable connection through optimum online that is connected to a D-link 604(?) router. I also have two pc's hooked up the router.

So what do I need and what do I do?

I would appreciate any help.

By the way, I don't see a section for printers here at anandtech. Would it be more appropriate to go to a forum specializing in printers...if so which would you suggest?

Happy New Year everbody!!!
 
No. I didn't buy the card separately. It came with the printer, which I bought a long time ago. I never needed the card until now. There's info online but its all confusing to me. I am not understanding whether I should set DHCP or if I just add an ip address manually. If so, what should that ip address be? And how does my router play into this?? Will it affect anything? Do I have to configure anything on my router? I have heard of routers with network printer ports...is that something I need? I am basically looking for someone to tell me what to do given my hardware and home networking setup. I have no software or manuals, and even if I did, i'm not sure it would help.
 
There is plenty of help at HP's site.

1. First it needs a fixed IP unlike your computers. So you need to access the menu in the printer console and assign it a fixed IP, preferably outside the range set in the router for DHCP.

2. Second you need to download a free utility named "Install Network Printer Wizard" from HP's site - there's one for different windows OSs, as well as a set of printer drivers.

3. Next you have to run this wizard on each of the pcs that will be using that printer.

Once you have the basic set up, you will need to fine tune the security aspects. Post back and we will help you on that.
 
Originally posted by: Slowlearner
There is plenty of help at HP's site.

1. First it needs a fixed IP unlike your computers. So you need to access the menu in the printer console and assign it a fixed IP, preferably outside the range set in the router for DHCP.

2. Second you need to download a free utility named "Install Network Printer Wizard" from HP's site - there's one for different windows OSs, as well as a set of printer drivers.

3. Next you have to run this wizard on each of the pcs that will be using that printer.

Once you have the basic set up, you will need to fine tune the security aspects. Post back and we will help you on that.
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Thanks for the response

Okay I got the part about manually assigning the ip address.

I also found this on another site:

I found the following on another site:
"The printer will need to have a TCP/IP address that matches your network. For instance if the highest IP address in your network is 10.0.0.5 make the printer 10.0.0.6 and then you'll need a matching subnet mask normally 255.255.255.0."


So how do I determine an ip address to use that matches my network and one that is preferably outside the range set in the router for DHCP???

I know that I have two ip addresses...one that is assigned my isp that can be determined from whatismyip.com and one that is the so-called private lan ip beginning with 192.x.x.x. How do those come into play here?


as far as the software, this is what you are referring to right??

http://h10025.www1.hp.com/ewfrf/wc/gene...dex?lc=en&cc=us&softwareitem=ja-7489-5
 
It doesn't really matter about the dhcp part unless you hook up many many devices to your network. You can go to Start > Run and type in command. Then in the command prompt type in ipconfig or winipcfg if it's a windows 98 box.

Then see what comes up. It should be something like 192.168.xxx.xxx. So just take that, and for the last number put something really high like 200 (the highest you can go is 254). With a high number you should be out of the range of the dhcp server

Once you pick a number to use you will have to use the horrible menus on the printer to change the IP. It's a very screwy setup, but it can be done. You may have to play around with it for a bit to get to the network configuration page. It took me a while, but maybe I'm just stupid.

Originally posted by: Slowlearner
There is plenty of help at HP's site.

1. First it needs a fixed IP unlike your computers. So you need to access the menu in the printer console and assign it a fixed IP, preferably outside the range set in the router for DHCP.

2. Second you need to download a free utility named "Install Network Printer Wizard" from HP's site - there's one for different windows OSs, as well as a set of printer drivers.

3. Next you have to run this wizard on each of the pcs that will be using that printer.

Once you have the basic set up, you will need to fine tune the security aspects. Post back and we will help you on that.
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You will only need to use that utility if you are using a Windows 98 box. Windows XP has support built in for IP printing. I was using a utility like that and I couldn't get it to work on a 98 box. I just shared it on a windows xp box and accessed it from there.

 
I have both win98/xp boxes and in some cases dual boot systems.

I am assuming that once I assign the ip address manually to the printer, I have to search for the ip address of the printer through the builtin xp tool...is it just the printer network wizard?
 
Here's what you do:
Run the add printer wizard
Select "Local Printer Attached to this computer"
- uncheck the "automatically detect and install....." box
Select "Create a new port"
- in the type of port box, select "Standard TCP/IP port"
A new box will pop up and you will type in the IP of the printer in there
Then you should be prompted to select the printer from a big list. The HP Laserjets should be in there.
Then you type in the name you want the printer to be, if you want it shared, test page, blah blah blah

That should be it.
 
One other question...I found the following but I am not sure what it means (it seems applicable since I have a router):
"If there is a router on the network, the default gateway is usually IP address of one of the gateways or routers attached to the local segment or subnet. (If you are not sure what the router IP address is, contact the network administrator. It is possible to use the command ipconfig to check the default gateway of the computer and use that to configure the HP Jetdirect, but only if the HP Jetdirect will be used on the same local network or subnet as that computer.)"

when i do an ipconfig it appears that the default gateway is the same as the router ip address
 
Originally posted by: V00D00
Here's what you do:
Run the add printer wizard
Select "Local Printer Attached to this computer"
- uncheck the "automatically detect and install....." box
Select "Create a new port"
- in the type of port box, select "Standard TCP/IP port"
A new box will pop up and you will type in the IP of the printer in there
Then you should be prompted to select the printer from a big list. The HP Laserjets should be in there.
Then you type in the name you want the printer to be, if you want it shared, test page, blah blah blah

That should be it.
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worked like a charm...test page worked great!!! Happy New Year to you!!!

Now to work on the 98 box...does anyone know if the "Install Network Printer Wizard" from HP's site will work? I'll give it a shot later tomorrow

I am assuming that that it will ask me for the ip address of the printer
 
when i do an ipconfig it appears that the default gateway is the same as the router ip address
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the router is the default gateway, so that is what it should be


Well, that HP utility will probably work for you. The integrity of the network I was testing it on was in question. I have a few more things I am going to try on that pc, if I find one that works before you I'll be sure to let you know. Also, if you find something that works on a 98 box for you, I'd love to hear about it.

The application that I used searched your network, and you were also given the option to type it in. But when I typed in the printer's IP it wouldn't work.
 
Well it didn't work on my 98se box. I ran the program and it asked whether the printer was wired and then there was an option to identify the printer by ip address. I put in the ip address and it said that it couldn't find it on the network.

In an analagous situation, I normally can't find anything on the network if the pc is not part of the same workgroup as the other pc's. I get an error that the pc can't browse the network. But when i change the workgroup to mshome (the workgroup that the other pc's are part of), then the network neighboorhood will find the other pc's. Is there a similar problem here? Do I have to have any other protocols installed in the network settings other than tcpip? Also, I have logon set to windows logon.


Edit: By the way, I have temporarily shared the xp box network connection and am using that as a shared printer for the win98 box.
 
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