Jetdirect 600N printserver question

[DarthSatan]

We have 2 HP printers:
Colorjet 4500n
Laserjet 2100tn

They both have the Jetdirect 600n print server cards in them.

I would like to hook them up to a ethernet switch - which would then be pluged into our network.

The hardware part looks simple, plug cables from the printers to the switch, then plug a cable from the printer switch to the main network switch.

What else will I need to do to get the 6 WinXP systems to 'see' the 2 printers and send documents to them for printing?

 

[hpwizzard]

It's quite easy :
Hook up the printers with cables from their networkcards to the switch.

Next you might choose either to automatically or manually install and configure your printers.
Either use this tool (INPW):

http://h20000.www2.hp.com/bizsuppor...8&swLang=8&mode=2&taskId=135&swItem=ja-7489-8

or follow the guide below

Setup an IP address on your CLJ 4500 :
To configure TCP/IP parameters from the control panel, use the following instructions:

Press the MENU button until HP MIO 1 (or 2), or HP EIO 1 (or 2) appears.
Press the ITEM button until CFG NETWORK = NO appears.
Press the PLUS or VALUE button until CFG NETWORK = YES appears.

NOTE: The CFG NETWORK = XXX (XXX being YES or NO) is a toggle, not a permanent setting. Changing it to YES allows the settings to be changed at that time. It will appear as CFG NETWORK = NO each time this menu is accessed.
Press SELECT or RESUME.

Press ITEM repeatedly until CFG TCP/IP = NO appears.

Press the PLUS or VALUE button until CFG TCP/IP = YES appears.

NOTE: The CFG TCP/IP = XXX (XXX being YES or NO) is a toggle, not a permanent setting. Changing it to YES allows the settings to be changed at that time. It will appear as CFG TCP/IP = NO each time this menu is accessed.
Press SELECT or RESUME.

Press the ITEM repeatedly until BOOTP = YES* appears.

Press the PLUS or VALUE button until BOOTP = NO appears.

NOTE: When using BootP or DHCP, keep the setting BOOTP = YES *. The BootP or DHCP server will configure the TCP/IP parameters on the HP Jetdirect. No other TCP/IP configuring is necessary.
Press SELECT or RESUME.

The following two steps apply to the HP Jetdirect 610n cards only:

DHCP=YES appears.

Press the PLUS or VALUE button until DHCP = NO appears.

NOTE: When using DHCP, keep the setting DHCP = YES *. The DHCP server will configure the TCP/IP parameters on the HP Jetdirect. No other TCP/IP configuring is necessary.
Press SELECT or RESUME.

Press ITEM until IP BYTE 1 = (value*) appears.

Press the PLUS or VALUE button, until the desired value of the first byte of the IP address appears. By pressing and holding the PLUS or VALUE button, the value will scroll rapidly (HP LaserJet 4000, 5000, and 8000 printers have a MINUS button to decrease the value).

Press SELECT or RESUME to save the value.

Press ITEM to continue. Repeat Steps 11-13 to configure the remaining bytes of the IP address.

Repeat Steps 11-13 to configure the subnet mask bytes (SM BYTE 1=), syslog server IP address (LG BYTE 1=), default gateway (GW BYTE 1=), and timeout (TIMEOUT=).

Press ONLINE, GO or MENU. Print a self-test page to verify the IP settings.

If the test page does not show the correct settings, power cycle the printer and reprint the test page.

Setup an IP address on your 2100 tn :
Since the 2100TN printer does not have a display, remove the 600N card and swap it with the one you just configured in the CLJ 4500 and install it in the 2100TN.
When installed, print a testpage just to confirm it has the IP you just assigned.

For the CLJ 4500 then repeat the above TCP/IP configuration steps.

Next follow this guide:

http://h20000.www2.hp.com/bizsuppor...cc=us&objectID=bpj07072&jumpid=reg_R1002_USEN

If you have downloaded new drivers select "Have disk..." in step 10 to point at which driver to use.

Good luck

 

[DarthSatan]

Thanx hpwizard,

I did the setting of the ip address for the 600n, swaping them, and you are right it was not that hard.

The problem, is that althought the printers are set to the right ip's, and the switch sees them, and the main switch sees the printer switch, when we go to install the drivers into windows, it can't find the ip's/printers.

Is there a program that can scan the network and find all the ip's of the divices/computers on it?

Or is there a way to test if the printers are on the network?

Any idea what the problem could be?

 

[hpwizzard]

Make sure the printers IP are within the same range as those of your network.

To check whether your printers are within range of your PC network, open a internet browser and type in the IP address of one of the printers.

If a page comes up with status info on that printer, the issue with installing them could be related to settings in one of your switches. If the printers are not located in the same network, you might need to add a gateway for the printers to connect to the same network as your PC's.

Installing the driver might be easier using a "fictive" LPT port where windows will install the driver OK and not bother whether the printer is actually present or not. Just select the parallelport as the connection during installation of the driver and remove any checkmark that will allow windows to try and search for it.
When the driver is installed, enter the properties of the driver -> Ports and change to an IP address by using the Add Port -> Mark Standard TCP/IP Port and select New Port -> Enter IP or hostname of the printers network card.

Next try and print a test page from the drivers General tab to confirm the driver works OK.