Mr,Johnson- Thank you for your help.Starting with connectivity, can I just use a USB cable to connect my Emac and the printer? Do you know if a crossover cable is necessary here? Thanks again, David
On Mar 3, 8:06 am, Bruce Johnson <[email protected]> wrote: > On Mar 2, 2009, at 5:22 PM, Festus wrote: > > > > > Sir- > > Thanks for your reply. > > I know less about networking than about any other aspect of everyday > > pc use > > so I really apprec,your help! > > I manually printed out the printer config. > > 1.) On the "HP Laserjet 4300 Configuration Page," in > > the Printer Information category there is no IP number as such. > > Here is what I have: the printer serial #, Formatter 3, Service ID and > > Firmware datacode > > 2.) In Installed Personalities and Options there is: a PS number > > (Postscipt?), aPCLXL #, and a PCL #. > > Look under > > 'Printer information' > > for something called 'HP Jetsend Address' which should show an IP > address ip:NNN.NNN.NNN.NNN > > and in > > 'Installed personalities and options' > > for something called EIO: HP JETDIRECT > > If it's not there, the printer isn't recognizing the network card > because it's either not seated properly or it's fried. (I'm assuming > it's there, if you've plugged in a network cable) > > This is from my HP 2100tn, which is in the same line as yours. > > If there IS an IP address, you should be able to go there in your web > browser (just enter the NNN.NNN.NNN.NNN part in your web browser's > location bar) and you can get to the on-board information and > configuration pages. > > -- > Bruce Johnson > University of Arizona > College of Pharmacy > Information Technology Group > > Institutions do not have opinions, merely customs --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to Low End Mac's iMac List, a group for those using G3, G4, G5, and Intel Core iMacs as well as Apple eMacs. The list FAQ is at http://lowendmac.com/imac/list.shtml and our netiquette guide is at http://www.lowendmac.com/lists/netiquette.shtml To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/imaclist?hl=en Low End Mac RSS feed at feed://lowendmac.com/feed.xml -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
