I would cheat and use my AP and find out what IP address was leased out to
the printer's name..


On Wed, Jun 11, 2014 at 7:00 AM, <joe@actionline.com> wrote:

> How to find or set printer IP address for wireless?
>
> I just got a Brother HL2270-DW laser printer and I cannot figure out how
> to get it installed as a wireless printer on my network.
>
> After much searching on the 'net, I found this:
>
>
> http://welcome.solutions.brother.com/bsc/public_s/id/linux/en/faq_prn.html#f00104
>
> and followed it to the letter, until it came to a point where the
> following appeared:
>
> dpkg -x hl2270dwlpr-2.1.0-1.i386.deb /
> dpkg -x cupswrapperHL2270DW-2.0.4-2.i386.deb /
> dpkg-deb: building package `hl2270dwlpr' in `hl
> dpkg -b ./brother_driver_packdir hl2270dwlpr-2.
> dpkg-deb: building package `cupswrapperhl2270dw' in
> `cupswrapperHL2270DW-2.0.4-2a.i386.deb'.
> dpkg -b ./brother_driver_packdir cupswrapperHL2270DW-2.0.4-2a.i
> dpkg -i --force-all hl2270dwlpr-2.1.0-1a.i386.d
> Selecting previously unselected package hl2270dwlpr.
> (Reading database ... 162849 files and directories currently installed.)
> Unpacking hl2270dwlpr (from hl2270dwlpr-2.1.0-1a.i386.deb) ...
> Setting up hl2270dwlpr (2.1.0-1) ...
> dpkg -i --force-all cupswrapperHL2270DW-2.0.4-2a.i386.deb
> Selecting previously unselected package cupswrapperhl2270dw.
> (Reading database ... 162865 files and directories currently installed.)
> Unpacking cupswrapperhl2270dw (from
> cupswrapperHL2270DW-2.0.4-2a.i386.deb) ..
> Setting up cupswrapperhl2270dw (2.0.4-2) ...
> cups stop/waiting
> cups start/running, process 22209
> #
> Will you specify the Device URI? [Y/n] ->Y
>
> 0: socket
> 1: http
> 2: ipps
> 3: ipp
> 4: lpd
> 5: https
> 6: beh
> 7: smb
> 8: hp
> 9: dnssd://Canon%20MX430%20series._printer._tcp.local/
> 10: dnssd://Canon%20MX430%20series._ipp._tcp.local/
> 11: hpfax
> 12 (I): Specify IP address.
> 13 (A): Auto. (usb://dev/usblp0)
>
> select the number of destination Device URI. ->
>
> But now what?  None of the 13 numbered options seem applicable,
> and I have no idea how to find or set a specific IP address.
>
> So where do I go from here?
>
>
>
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