HP JetDirect

[SupaRice]

So, Bender was kind enough to give me a HP LaserJet 4 printer. It even has a JetDirect card in it. :up:

However, I need to reconfigure the JetDirect card and don't remember how. As I recall, since it's been like 10 years, these required some software from HP to manage them. This is a really old one, does anyone remember how to reconfigure these things or what that software is called? I tried looking on HP's site to no avail, but I'm not sure what I'm looking for.

http://www.mj-printers.com/4.jpg

This is what the card looks like... Just like this....

http://www.itcsales.co.uk/acatalog/hp_J2552-250h.jpg

[davidj]

Get the IP address from it and then while it's connected to your network telnet into it.

Once you telnet in type: / <enter> to list the setup. Once you make changes type QUIT <enter> to save them or EXIT <enter> to quit without saving.

You'll have to figure out how to obtain the IP yourself. :shrug: For the stand alone boxes you just held a button and it sent that info to the printer.

[eric96ser]

HP Web Jetadmin is the utility. We have 3 or 4 of those printers here, and they have a build date on '94. They just don't quit working.

[Tungsten]

Web JetAdmin blows. JetAdmin was much better.

[SupaRice]

Well, as luck has it I would post for help and then promptly figure it out. I just hooked up to it with my laptop via a crossover cable, and then used a sniffer to see what address it has from it's ARP requests upon loading up. Then used TELNET to get in and change it's IP. :)

[Bender]

Or you could just surf through the configuration menu and change them from there. That's how I did it :up: :wink: