Config a Network Printer

Jim binarynut at comcast.net
Mon May 14 16:10:27 UTC 2012


On 05/13/2012 10:34 PM, Tim wrote:
> On Sun, 2012-05-13 at 20:49 -0400, Jim wrote:
>> F15, KDE.  How do you config a Network Printer as a Static IP connection.
> Not enough information...
>
> What printer?
>
> Is the printer, itself, on the network?  You'll need to, either,
> configure the printer to be at a certain address; or, configure a DHCP
> server to always give your printer the same address.  I do the latter
> with an old HP LaserJet 4M plus, and it works well for me.  Albeit that
> it's slower to print than when a computer is directly connected to its
> parallel port.
>
> Or is it connected through a computer, and that computer shares it on
> the LAN?  In this case, you'd configure that computer to be at a certain
> address, and to share out its printer.  I've done this, as well, before
> I got my hands on a printer with an ethernet card fitted in it.
>
I have a Samsung CLX3175FN and I have it connected as a DHCP printer but 
everytime you turn off Printer it changes the IP address in router, then 
I have to go into system-config-printer to change IP. that is the reason 
I want to set printer up as a Static Connection.


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