Changed printer IP address

[Jayson Hurd_2]

I had to change the IP address of a printer. After changing it in /etc/hosts, I changed it in the printer file under /etc/lp/interfaces. Then I disabled and reenabled the printer. New jobs submitted still get hung up in the queue. I think the IP address is still not taking. Is there anything else I need to do?

[Vitek Pepas]

Can you ping the printer?

[Bill Hassell]

A lot of missing information here. Is this an HP JetDirect interface card or a non-HP printer+LAN card? For JetDirect, just use the removequeue and addqueue commands with IP address (no hostname is needed at all). For non-JetDirect printers, the connection is via remote printing and the best way to fix this is to delete the printer in SAM and re-add it, giving the remote host as an IP address. Be sure to check the BSD printer option and you'll need the internal name of the printer used inside the LAN card.

[Keith Bevan_1]

Jayson,

This might be an obvious question but have you changed the ip address at the remote end. ie on the printer/print server ?

What were the results of the ping test ?
Try ping ip address
Try ping alias name setup in hosts

What type of printer is it ?
Is this configured as remote printer ?
What other equipment is attached to the printer, network card, print server ?

Are you using jetadmin or other application software to manage this device ?

Keith

[doug mielke]

doesn't a printer address change require the print service to be shut down and re started?

lpshut


lpsched


(Although I usually remove them and add them back)

lpadmin -xprintername
then either jetadmin or hppi

[Caesar_3]

Hello!

Did you change the ip on the printer?
Try to ping the ip after the change.

Caesar

[Alan Turner]

If you use bootp to set your printer's IP address, you will also need to edit your /etc/bootptab file. This file relates your printer's hardware address to an IP address (also to a printer name). When the printer powers on, it broadcasts a bootp request containing its hardware address, and waits for a response from a bootp server. Lets say your old IP address was 146.88.32.102 and you want to change it to 146.88.35.203. If your printer name was, say, pjet1, and your hardware address was, say, 0001e69d8afe you might have an entry in /etc/bootptab of:

pjet1:\
:ht=ether:\
:ha=0001e69d8afe:\
:hn:\
:ip=146.88.32.102:\
:vm=rfc1048:

Change this entry to read:

pjet1:\
:ht=ether:\
:ha=0001e69d8afe:\
:hn:\
:ip=146.88.35.203:\
:vm=rfc1048: