Answers from memory. I thought the printer had a manual when I last saw it.
On Feb 5, 2008 10:49 PM, DJA <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> This post is probably best addressed to Carl. I got the above printer
> from him at a KPLUG meeting some time ago, but have just now tried to
> use it - problems with our trusty Epson Photo EX.
>
> 1) The printer has a JetDirect port. Is there a way of assigning a
> static IP address to the printer?
It had a static IP address when I last saw it. Did somebody enable
DHCP on it? If it is getting an address that way, you should be able
to ask the DHCP server what's going on.
A printed test page will give the current IP address. Then telnet to
that address and configure the JetDirect. I'm sure you can turn DHCP
off, and set a static address. Of course as soon as you do that, your
telnet connection drops and you have to make a new one at the new
address.
Alternatively, you can move the JetDirect card to a printer that has a
front-panel LCD display, like the HP 4 series. Configure it there
using the interactive menu.
> 2) I have little idea what the four LED's are on the front right panel.
If you really got the printer from me, it had home-made labels stuck
on below the LEDs.
> 3) What does the single blue button on the right front panel do?
Maybe it prints a test page if you hold it down long enough. I
forget. If you don't have the original manual ot might be available
on the HP web site. (helpful hint -- search the HP web site with
Google not with its own search engine)
> 4) What does the four-position lever in front of the ink cartridges
> select? What about the vertical rod to the right of the cartridges?
Selects which ink cartridge will be ejected by the vertical rod ejector.
> When trying the self test, the paper travels only about to the point
> where the heads might start printing, and then stops. At that point, the
> third LED (paper with folded corner) blinks. I think this means there is
> a paper jam. I see no way of forcing the paper through via a form feed.
> If I cycle power, the paper is ejected normally.
This printer has generically a lot of trouble with the initial paper
pickup rollers slipping. If they don't place the sheet squarely into
the next set of rollers, you get a feed jam. I used to clean the
rollers with TechSpray Rubber Roller Cleaner P/N 1612-280 about every
50 to 100 sheets of paper. I know the part number only because I
still have a nearly-empty bottle of the stuff.
> If I try to print a CUPS test page, the same sequence occurs. IOW, it
> doesn't print.
>
> Other than the above, it works fine ;)
That's all I remember instantaneously. Does this printer have the
auxiliary paper bin below, or does it have a manual single-sheet
feeder on the top? They are mutually exclusive, the paper from the
auxiliary bin is brought up the back and stuffed in where the
single-sheet feeder would be. Just trying to remember it better.
carl
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