[nycphp-talk] OT: Need help with XP and HP LaserJet 2200
Phillip Powell
phillip.powell at adnet-sys.com
Wed Jun 30 10:30:24 EDT 2004
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Man can you folk please speak either English or Swedish?
Phil
Chris Bielanski wrote:
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>>-----Original Message-----
>>From: Phillip Powell [mailto:phillip.powell at adnet-sys.com]
>>Sent: Wednesday, June 30, 2004 10:21 AM
>>To: NYPHP Talk
>>Subject: Re: [nycphp-talk] OT: Need help with XP and HP LaserJet 2200
>>
>>
>>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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>>-------------------
>>Phil Powell
>>Multimedia Programmer
>>BPX Technologies, Inc.
>>#: (703) 709-7218 x107
>>Fax: (703) 709-7219
>>
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