Problems with HP Laserjet 4+ on network

[SharkyTM]

Ive got an HP Laserjet4+, integrated net card, and its hooked up to the same switch as my computer... When i go into the Aux/IO settings, i set it on e-net, and bootp. If i turn the machine off, and back on, it gives me a message of bootp init.... for a long time, and i cant find the printer on my network with HP's networked printer program.

 

[skyking]

I do not use the HP software to set up my jetdirects, I telnet into them. do you know the current IP of the machine? If not, press online, to take the machine offline. hold shift and press form feed. It will now display test menu. press item, it will display self test. press enter. It will print a configuration page with it's current addy, if it is enabled.
If your comp is on the same subnet, great. If not change the IP of your comp to match the network of the printer. You will change that back after you get in and set it up.
I can email you the rest of the telnet directions if you like.

 

[SharkyTM]

that'd be swell.

 

[skyking]

I emailed you, but I will put it here too.

Sharky, ignore the references for the test button below. That is for an external server, but all the commands are exactly the same. Print the test page as I described in the forum post, and feel free to PM or email me if you have any other questions.

Setting up HP external Printservers:
If the server is preconfigured for your network, all you have to do is install a printer with a new tcp/ip port, set the IP, and you are good to go.
If you are moving to a new network, you will either have to remember to set it up for the new network before you move, or do a reset and reconfigure.
To reset the server, press and hold down the test button as you plug it in, and hold it down for at least 5 seconds.
This will set the server to a default IP of 192.0.0.192, with DHCP enabled. If you have it on a network with a router running DHCP, wait a minute for it to get a proper IP address in your network. If you do not have DHCP, then you will have to change the IP of one of your computers temporarily to the 192.0.0.XXX range, in order to be able to tenet into the box.
After waiting a minute (DHCP only), press down the test button. It will send two configuration pages to your printer. Be patient, it takes a couple of minutes for those pages to print.
On the second page, you will see the new IP of the printer. from a command prompt window, telnet the IP. you get a blank screen. hit enter at least twice to get started. Type ? and enter to see how to change the settings. Type / and enter to see the current settings.
<enter> = enter or return key
These devices return no echo, so you will never see what you are typing. to change the ip, for example, type exactly as you see:

ip: 192.168.1.xxx <enter> (with xxx= your desired ip) do not forget the space between the colon and the 1!
dhcp-config: 0 <enter> ( this disables dhcp, a must do)
default-gw: 192.168.1.1 <enter>
subnet-mask: 255.255.255.0 <enter>
quit <enter>

It will show you a list of the current configurations, and disconnect from the telnet session. If you had to change your computer to 192.0.0.xxx to set it up, and you set it to 192.168.1.xxx, you will have to change your computer's address to that range of IPs to telnet with it(192.168.1.xxx)