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Tom Scola - Mar 23, 2012 1:53:15 pm PDT #19734 of 25501
Remember that the frontier of the Rebellion is everywhere. And even the smallest act of insurrection pushes our lines forward.
meara - Mar 23, 2012 2:33:23 pm PDT #19735 of 25501
Thanks Liese--I'm not sure if it's shared on the network? I may have to go poke at some buttons on the printer or something? How would I find its IP address?
I have only ever done the Adobe DE stuff with the "multiple computers/one account" part, not the other way around. (But this thread from a couple years ago says no...not sure if anything's changed)
§ ita § - Mar 23, 2012 2:43:22 pm PDT #19736 of 25501
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
The manual (PDF) says there's printer setup/control software. Does that recognise the printer? It also says you can print a network setup page.
meara - Mar 23, 2012 2:45:20 pm PDT #19737 of 25501
Oh, sure, tell me to RTFM. :)
I suppose I'll have to take a look this weekend and possibly change what I've installed from the disc onto my computer.
Liese S. - Mar 23, 2012 2:59:59 pm PDT #19738 of 25501
"Faded like the lilac, he thought."
Okay, that answers my question, even if the answer is "no." But I suppose he can muddle through and read on my old e-ink Nook.
Anyway, yeah, there probably is something you can do with the installation process. And oh, it's *not* actually hooked up to a WinXP computer, right? It's directly to the network through ethernet? But it does work if it is hooked up to a computer?
Is there somewhere you go to maintain your network? Like a router control page? Mine (Belkin) is 192.168.2.1 and then from there I can figure out where which DHCP licenses have been handed out and work out which one is my printer. Which I think is, like, 192.168.2.8, so I enter that into my browser and then I can get into my printer's configuration stuff.
meara - Mar 23, 2012 3:02:21 pm PDT #19739 of 25501
I do have a router page and was looking at it earlier trying to figure out what was what (it listed my ipad and my iphone...and two things I didn't recognize (I'm hoping/assuming the printer and the work computer)...but not my laptop I was looking at it from!). I'll try the IP address thing!
It's currently USB to the WinXP computer, because I needed to print lots of work things. But it's also hooked in to the ethernet.
§ ita § - Mar 23, 2012 3:02:51 pm PDT #19740 of 25501
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
But that way you have to know what the MAC address of your printer is to work out which one it is, or click on all the MAC addresses if your DHCP server software does a lookup...
Printing a network setup page should only be a few clicks deep. And the printer control software might have a discovery function on it--the software that came with my HP finds it on the network and reports its IP address.
§ ita § - Mar 23, 2012 3:03:34 pm PDT #19741 of 25501
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
It's currently USB to the WinXP computer, because I needed to print lots of work things. But it's also hooked in to the ethernet.
It might be best to unplug the USB before you start troubleshooting the network.
Beverly - Mar 23, 2012 3:11:25 pm PDT #19742 of 25501
Days shrink and grow cold, sunlight through leaves is my song. Winter is long.
I can't get the "I accept" button to come up on Tumblr. The panel ends at the tickybox, and I can't move the page up or down to scroll the button up to click it. I have a help ticket in to the support email, but so far no reply, other than they got it. I'd be grateful for a clue.
Beverly - Mar 23, 2012 3:15:38 pm PDT #19743 of 25501
Days shrink and grow cold, sunlight through leaves is my song. Winter is long.
Okay, ne'mind. I used Explorer, logged in, the accept button came up, and I'm in. Sometimes oblique is better.