On 16/6/03 19:49, Jeff Walther at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: >> I've just bought a Laserjet 5M printer. As you'll know, this has an ethernet
>> But no matter what I try, I cannot get the printer to appear in the Chooser > I'm not familiar with the 5M, but with the previous generation (4xx) > you needed to do some setup on the printer console to activate the And that indeed was the secret. The previous owner of the printer had disabled all but a single protocol. For the sake of posterity, the factory default settings along with all the supported protocols can be restored by switching the printer on with the "Go" button pressed. One gets a cold boot. Then all the un-needed protocols can be removed using the menus, after switching Config Network to Yes. > various ports. Perhaps the printer is not setup properly. It was I was thrown because Localtalk was shown as active, whereas the protocol I needed was Ethertalk! Once I'done this the printer appeared in the Chooser, and it set itself up from there. Thanks everyone! -- Cheers, Derryck -- SuperMacs is sponsored by <http://lowendmac.com/> and... Small Dog Electronics http://www.smalldog.com | Refurbished Drives | Service & Replacement Parts [EMAIL PROTECTED] | & CDRWs on Sale! | Support Low End Mac <http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html> SuperMacs list info: <http://lowendmac.com/supermacs/list.shtml> --> AOL users, remove "mailto:"; Send list messages to: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To unsubscribe, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> For digest mode, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subscription questions: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Archive: <http://www.mail-archive.com/supermacs%40mail.maclaunch.com/> --------------------------------------------------------------- >The Think Different Store http://www.ThinkDifferentStore.com ---------------------------------------------------------------
