dhcp question.

[Carruth, Rusty]

I just searched the canon site, and I could not find any way that that crazy printer could be set for static IP address!

Good GRIEF!  How stupid!  Yet another reason to avoid Canon like the plague!  (Or at least I've had bad luck with canon printers, so they are not on my 'first to consider' list.  Indeed, they are on my 'last to consider' list.  I'm appreciating my Epson more every day!).

I think you're toast.  You'll either need to set up a DHCP server that WILL allow you to set a 'fixed' IP address to a MAC address, or you'll have to get a different printer, or (if the thing has USB like one manual said) you'll have to hook it up via USB.

Sorry!  Maybe someone else can give you a more hopeful suggestion, but I'm fresh out.

Rusty

 

> -----Original Message-----
> From: plug-discuss-bounces at lists.plug.phoenix.az.us [mailto:plug-
> discuss-bounces at lists.plug.phoenix.az.us] On Behalf Of
> joe at actionline.com
> Sent: Saturday, August 25, 2012 12:54 PM
> To: Main PLUG discussion list
> Subject: RE: dhcp question.
> 
> 
> Thanks ... but ...
> 
> > Looks like the DHCP server doesn't do statically-assigned dynamic
> addresses
> > (it only SOUNDS like an oxymoron!).
> >
> > So, you need to tell your printer to have a static ip address.  Go to
> the
> > printer and set it up with an ip address not inside the DHCP range
> your
> > DHCP server gives out.
> 
> I've not been able to find a way to do that yet.
> 
> > I've not looked at the logs, but you may need to try more than an IPP
> > protocol.  Also try this:
> >
> >
> http://www.usa.canon.com/cusa/sna/consumer/printers_multifunction/pixma
> _mx_series/pixma_mx439?selectedName=DriversAndSoftware
> 
> Tried the above canon link and found this response:
> 
> "There is no driver for the OS Version you selected.
> The driver may be included in your OS or you may not need a driver.
> Refer to our FAQ section for connectivity issues."
> 
> Then could not find anything about "connectivity" in Canon's FAQ
> section.
> 
> 
> 
> ---------------------------------------------------
> PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss at lists.plug.phoenix.az.us
> To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings:
> http://lists.PLUG.phoenix.az.us/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss