[nycphp-talk] OT: Need help with XP and HP LaserJet 2200
Phillip Powell
phillip.powell at adnet-sys.com
Wed Jun 30 10:21:12 EDT 2004
Bill, see below, thanx!
Kamm, William R (Bill), ALABS wrote:
>Here is how I set mine up on my home network:
>
>1. Assign the printer an IP address. For example, 192.168.1.___. I
>can't help you with this, you need to look that up in the manual.
>
>
We've already done that step a long time ago as a matter of fact. I was
able to even view the webpage generated by opening a browser and putting
in the IP for the printer on the "good" and "bad" machines.
>2. Click Start --> Settings --> Printers and Faxes, then Add Printer.
>
>3. Click Next on the first wizard page.
>
>4. This is where Microsoft screwed up. DON'T click the "Network
>printer" radio button. Instead, click "Local printer attached to this
>computer". Yeah, it makes no sense at all, but it works. Uncheck the
>"Automatically detect" checkbox, and click Next.
>
>
All of the other PCs are set up this way already for configuration with
the printer.
>5. Select the "Create a new port" radio button, and select "Standard
>TCP/IP Port" from the dropdown list. Click Next.
>
>
Actually, that port had already existed. For good measure I deleted
that port and recreated it entering the IP address (see Step 7).
>6. As the next screen says, make sure the printer is powered on and is
>on the network. Click Next.
>
>7. Type in the IP address, and the port name will be automatically
>filled in. Click Next.
>
>8. After that, just follow the prompts to find your printer from the
>list, assign it a name, and print a test page.
>
>
Bill, I did all of that last night, to no avail. It would still not
print when set up this way; even though the other machines were set up
exactly in this format to a tee and can print, the 2 other machines
could not. I had managed to connect to a network printer using the
network domain workgroup name and it worked until this morning - no
explanation whatsoever, it just stopped working!
>Bill
>
>-----Original Message-----
>From: talk-bounces at lists.nyphp.org [mailto:talk-bounces at lists.nyphp.org]
>On Behalf Of Phillip Powell
>Sent: Wednesday, June 30, 2004 10:01 AM
>To: NYPHP Talk
>Subject: Re: [nycphp-talk] OT: Need help with XP and HP LaserJet 2200
>
>
>It's attached via RJ45 Ethernet. And the company is getting someone
>else to do it apparently at this point. I had it working last night
>whereby I was able to add them to the network workgroup (rather, re-add
>them) and then was able to print; somehow, they can't print anymore.
>
>Phil
>
>Kamm, William R (Bill), ALABS wrote:
>
>
>
>>How is the printer attached? Ethernet? USB? Parallel/Centronix? If
>>it is networked (RJ45 Ethernet), configuration is not that simple. If
>>you follow the print wizard, you will go wrong. Let me know, maybe I
>>can help.
>>
>>Bill
>>
>>-----Original Message-----
>>From: talk-bounces at lists.nyphp.org
>>[mailto:talk-bounces at lists.nyphp.org]
>>On Behalf Of Phillip Powell
>>Sent: Tuesday, June 29, 2004 7:40 PM
>>To: NYPHP Talk
>>Subject: [nycphp-talk] OT: Need help with XP and HP LaserJet 2200
>>
>>
>>Sorry, I've turned to everyone I know, and everyone I know knows Linux
>>now (including me) and not XP. Barring reconfiguring everything to RH
>>(dream, but not reality):
>>
>>We have two new XP-enabled machines here at work and neither will print
>>using our existing HP LaserJet 2200 Series PCL 6. I downloaded the
>>proper drivers from http://www.hp.com and attempted several
>>reinstallations of printers, to no avail.
>>
>>Each time it will attempt to print, only to time out and throw a
>>timeout-related error each time it tries to print: "The document has
>>failed to print".
>>
>>Has anyone out there had experience working with both XP and HP
>>LaserJet
>>
>>printers? I am on a serious time crunch and have to have this
>>configured
>>
>>by morning and I'm stuck!
>>
>>Help!
>>
>>Thanx
>>Phil
>>
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