Re: dhcp question.

Top Page
Attachments:
Message as email
+ (text/plain)
+ (text/html)
+ (text/plain)
Delete this message
Reply to this message
Author: JD Austin
Date:  
To: Main PLUG discussion list
Subject: Re: dhcp question.
Have you tried the pixma 437 driver already ?

MX430 series IJ Printer Driver Ver. 3.70 for Linux (debian
*...*<http://support-asia.canon-asia.com/contents/ASIA/EN/0100412601.html>

http://support-asia.canon-asia.com/P/search?model=PIXMA+MX437&menu=download&filter=0&tagname=g_os&g_os=Linux

I found the above here: http://support-asia.canon-asia.com/?personal

On Sat, Aug 25, 2012 at 4:01 PM, Carruth, Rusty <
> wrote:

> 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: [mailto:plug-
> > ] On Behalf Of
> >
> > 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 -
> > To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings:
> > http://lists.PLUG.phoenix.az.us/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss
> ---------------------------------------------------
> PLUG-discuss mailing list -
> To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings:
> http://lists.PLUG.phoenix.az.us/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss
>

---------------------------------------------------
PLUG-discuss mailing list -
To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings:
http://lists.PLUG.phoenix.az.us/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss