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Reconfiguring an HP Jet Direct

// July 29th, 2005 // Technology

Today I had a customer migrate voice/data providers. The new ISP used a different internal subnet for the local IP range than the old ISP. Their one office printer is an HP4100 connected via parallel port to a networked HP JetDirect EX Plus Print Server.

To migrate the JetDirect to the new IP, I first power cycled it while holding down the TEST button for 30 seconds following plugging it in. After 30 seconds, I clicked the test button which printed the configuration settings. The JetDirect had picked up a DHCP address off the DHCP server.

To get a static IP I first tried connecting to the local web server on the JetDirect via a browser using the IP address from the configuration settings. It didn’t come up so I assumed the firmware was an older version without the internal web server. I next tried to telnet to the JetDirect, which worked. From there it was easy to reset the ip address to the new network. The steps are listed below.

Click "Start->Run->[type] cmd->[click] OK"
telnet [ip address of JetDirect]->[hit return]
(JetDirect telnet session begins, ">" prompt appears)
ip: [new ip address]->[hit return]
exit


Next I had to go to each PC which was mapped using a standard TCP/IP connection and add a new TCP/IP Port with the new IP settings using the commands below (Windows XP).

Click "Start"->"Control Panel"->"Printers and Faxes"
Right-Click on the printer to change
Click on the "Ports" tab
Click "Add Port"
Click "Standard TCP/IP"
Click "New Port"
Click "Next"
Enter the printer IP address next to "Printer Name or IP Address"
Click "Next"
Click "Finish"


I was then able to print using the new IP address.

References:
HP Jetdirect Print Servers -How to Determine, Reset, and Configure an IP Address on an HP Jetdirect Print Server