#HP JETDIRECT 170X SOFTWARE HOW TO#
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#HP JETDIRECT 170X SOFTWARE MANUAL#
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The protocol to be used is LPD, and for the Address type the previously chosen new IP address.

Now add a new printer in system preferences.

Check by printing a test page or by using ping or telnet to the new address. The printer should now be configured with the new IP address.

Restart the printer (wait 30 seconds before this, to be sure the new setting has been saved!).

Type sync (not sure if this is needed!).

Set a new IP address for the printer using:Р”Вefine server ip x.x.x.x (choose an address in your usual subnet).

When asked for a password, try system.

#HP JETDIRECT 170X SOFTWARE MAC#

Configure the Mac to be on the same subnet.

Find the IP address by printing a test page (can be done from a menu on the printer display).

Since the complete instructions to do that were nowhere to be found on the net, I'd like to document my findings here!

#HP JETDIRECT 170X SOFTWARE PLUS#

However, getting a LaserJet 4 Plus with an Emulex NetJet card to work was quite a bit more challenging. The original hint works great - it helped me to get my LaserJet 6MP to work with a JetDirect 300X which I bought for 1Р’В РІвЂљВ¬ on ebay for this occasion.

#HP JETDIRECT 170X SOFTWARE DRIVER#

Click the IP tab, select HP Jetdirect - Socket from the first drop-down menu, type in the JetDirect's new IP address, change Name to your printer name, and select the driver using Select Printer Software.Р”В¬lick the lock to prevent changes, and you should be good to go. Go to Print Settings (in the Print & Fax System Preferences panel), and reset the print queue (Control-click). Disconnect your Mac from the JetDirect and reconnect to you router. Now go back to your Mac's network settings in System Preferences and change them back to what you noted earlier. If things look OK, type quit and close Terminal. Type in ? and press Enter again to check your settings. Use the telnet toggle to turn DHCP off (otherwise the JetDirect will default to its factory setting if it loses power). In my case, my Mac's IP address was 192.168.1.2, so I used 192.168.1.200 for the JetDirect. Repeat the reset procedure, and make sure you do it right.)Р”В¬hange the JetDirect settings to the same range as the original Mac settings you took a note of earlier above (except for the specific IP address), including the Subnet Mask and Network Server. (If you cannot connect to the JetDirect or printer, the problem is almost certainly with the Cold Reset.

#HP JETDIRECT 170X SOFTWARE HOW TO#

If not, type ? and press Enter now you will see both the settings and how to change them. When you do, the JetDirect's settings should display.

#HP JETDIRECT 170X SOFTWARE MANUAL#

Change the IP address to 192.0.0.10 Use Manual settings, not DHCP (dynamic host configuration protocol).Р”В¬onnect your Mac directly to the JetDirect with an Ethernet cross-over cable, then open Terminal (in Applications Р’В» Utilities) and enter this command, then press Return twice: telnet 192.0.0.192. This is just temporary, so take a note of the settings before you do this, including the Subnet Mask and Network Server. Now change your Mac's IP address to the same range as the JetDirect, so that your Mac can connect (System Preferences Р’В» Network Р’В» Ethernet). The IP address will usually be 192.0.0.192, with no subnet mask or network server specified.

After the JetDirect has been going for at least two minutes, just press the Test button once and it will print out its configuration pages. Next, find the IP address of the print server. Sounds weird, but this is the only way it will work. Then reconnect all cables and power up again.

Then plug power in while holding the Test button down for 10 seconds, then unplug power holding the Test button down for another 10 seconds. For the JetDirect, remove all cables (including power). This step should never be omitted, as it resets to factory defaults and makes the server reachable on a network to change its details (more on that later).Р”Вoing a Cold Reset on most HP products is not as simple as turning the power off then on again. First, do a Cold Reset of the print server. The following relates to an HP JetDirect EX Plus print server (J2591A), but can be adapted for most hardware. So an HP print server (or a networkable printer) should work, right? Tunrs out it's not as easy as it sounds - not because of Snow Leopard, but because of a few vital details which HP's help desk and tech forums don't mention. Snow Leopard doesn't support AppleTalk, but has IP print protocols built-in.

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