If the IP address of the printer changed you'd currently need to reconfigure the printer.
Using a static IP address would probably ensure that this wouldn't happen. Aaron On 12/28/06, Mikael Eriksson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hi, > > The other day I throwed away my old OfficeJet Pro 1150c and bought me a brand > new Photosmart C5180 and connected it with an ethernet cable to my > home-network. My DHCP server found the new device and assigned it an > ip-address immediately, then I started up HPLIP and added a new network > printer. HPLIP found it and configured it without any problem. It just > worked "out of the box"! > > At first I wasn't able to scan, Koka didn't find any scanner. Since I use > openSUSE 10.2 I went to yast - add scanner but no scanner was found > automatically. I had to add it manually and select the correct driver, when > that was done yast found my device at the network and scanning now works > great! > > Why this post? First of all I would just like to inform anyone that is about > to by a HP Photosmart C5100 series that everything works great with HPLIP. > In openSUSE 10.2 you first have to activate and start the hplip service in > Yast - System - Edit runlevels, I use hplip 1.6.10 which is shipped with > openSUSE 10.2, even though it was installed automatically during installation > the service is not activated by default. > > Then I would like to know what will happen sooner or later when my DHCP server > decides to assign the device another ip-adress? If I am not misstaken the > Windows drivers that comes with the product will find the printer anyway but > what about HPLIP? Will HPLIP find my printer when it's ip address is changed? > Is it recommended or not to assign the printer a static ip? > > > Mikael Eriksson > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------- > Take Surveys. Earn Cash. Influence the Future of IT > Join SourceForge.net's Techsay panel and you'll get the chance to share your > opinions on IT & business topics through brief surveys - and earn cash > http://www.techsay.com/default.php?page=join.php&p=sourceforge&CID=DEVDEV > > _______________________________________________ > HPLIP-Help mailing list > HPLIP-Help@lists.sourceforge.net > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/hplip-help > > > > -- I don't care, I'm still free - You can't take the sky from me. ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Take Surveys. Earn Cash. Influence the Future of IT Join SourceForge.net's Techsay panel and you'll get the chance to share your opinions on IT & business topics through brief surveys - and earn cash http://www.techsay.com/default.php?page=join.php&p=sourceforge&CID=DEVDEV _______________________________________________ HPLIP-Help mailing list HPLIP-Help@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/hplip-help
