I've got an older HP printer which I installed onto my PC (Windows 7) with ethernet connection.
I've been given a younger one which had to have some major repairs - duff electrolytic caps - which I have proof tested on USB. I now want to change that onto the Ethernet; is there a simple way of doing this or do I have to re-install ?
Rob
Open the printers folder. Right click on the printer and select printer properties.
Click the "ports" tab. If there is already a TCP/IP port that has the right address set, then just tick the box beside it. If not, click the add port button, select "standard TCP/IP port" and type the address of the printer.
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Thanks John .. but no joy. The diagnostics says there is a network problem "... cannot be connected over the network". I 'Removed' the previous prin ter, entered the port details as instructed, but had noted that the previou s printer had more information in 'Location' under the General tab, and in 'Configure Port' the box 'Port Name' has just retained the data from the pr evious printer and cannot be amended from the keyboard.
Any ideas ? Rob
Recently had this issue with some Brother printers.
The answer for them was:
Disconnect USB cable. Go into networking menu on printer, select Network reset. Connect network cable. Printer gets ip, etc., using DHCP and is readily accessible. Utility on PC can set ip to be static.
Did you try doing a remove port from the ports configuration page as well?
Have you also allocated a static IP to the printer?
Note that the name field is usually automatically filled in based on what you enter for the address.
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Many thanks both of you for your help. In the end, having got this printer showing up as a "Printer", and seemingly all the port details correct, but no test print arriving, I deleted it and told Windows 7 to find a 'New Pri nter'. That got it -- and all the port details were exactly the same !!
Rob
..and they complain lunix is hard...
Agghhh !! - in the end I had to do the full strip out and re-install, becau se although the driver managed to make all the required links to make the p rinter function, HP's posey software to do the scan management, etc ("Solut ion Center") couldn't and refused to go even beyond an opening splash scree n.
At least I am a little wiser about printers, but cost me the best part of a n evening to get there.
Thanks to all Rob
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