David - When I use mine, I have it connected through an Airport Express (USB port) so it is available to the network.
On Nov 19, 2011, at 7:19 PM, David Froom wrote: > Johannes wrote: > >> How is your printer connected, via a network router or directly to the Mac? > > It is connected directly to the Mac. >> >> If the latter, you may have to leave the printer on and connected for a >> while before it actually assigns itself an ethernet address. This is >> because there is no network router in between to give it one. >> Once it has an address (wait something like 5-10 minutes before you >> print the config page from the printer) you will have to change that >> with Telnet, unless you happen to have the Bonjour variety of the >> JetDirect card (I think you need a Jetdirect 620 card for this to work). You >> can use the Mac terminal to Telnet to the printer, just type >> telnet printer address (where printer address is the ethernet address on >> the config print out). >> > > I did a cold reset of the printer. That gave the JetDirect card an address > of 192.0.0.192. I tried to add that via the IP printing tab, but that didn't > work. It hung forever trying to "Determine Installable Options," saying it > was "connecting to printer," but it never connected. > > I opened the terminal and opened telnet. Then I said: open 192.0.0.192, and > was told "connect to address 192.0.0.192: Operation timed out. Unable to > connect to remote host" > > I don't remember what the protocol information used to be, but now it says > Config by: Default IP > IP address 192.0.0.192 > Subnet mask: Not Specified > idle time out (seconds): 90 > bootp/dhcp server: 0.0.0.0 > config file: not specified > > It also says, Appletalk status: Ready. > > Do I need to do something to turn that off? I couldn't find it in the print > menu. > > I usually can figure this stuff out. This time, I'm stumped. >> >> Personally I would buy a network router (over here you get them for less >> than 20 Euros including WIFI) then you can print to the printer from any >> computer connected to the network. > > I would love to have this networked. It would add functionality, and save me > a wire. If I buy any old network router, will it find my home wifi, add > itself to that? After that, is all I do just plug the printer into that? > > The other reason I'm reluctant to buy a usb wire is that my Macbook only has > 2 usb ports, and I often need both of them. > > Thank all of you for all of your help. I feel as if I've moved this a yard > down the field, but still have 99 yards to go... > > David > > > _______________________________________________ > Finale mailing list > Finale@shsu.edu > http://lists.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale John Blane Blane Music Preparation 1649 Huntington Ln. Highland Park, IL 60035 847 579-9900 847 579-9903 fax www.BlaneMusic.com j...@blanemusic.com _______________________________________________ Finale mailing list Finale@shsu.edu http://lists.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale
