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HP Jetdirect Print Servers - Installing and Configuring a HP Standard TCP/IP or IPX/SPX Port

Solution

ISSUE:

Adding a new HP Standard TCP/IP port or an HP Standard IPX/SPX port.

SOLUTION:

There are two conditions under which a computer will have an HP Standard Port Monitor available:

  • If the HP Install Network Printer Wizard is installed or run on the computer and a port or print path was created, that port will appear as an available port on the computer. Click here to download the Install Network Printer Wizard (INPW) for your operating system.

      NOTE: With INPW Version 4.0, IPX/SPX (both IPX/SPX Direct Mode and Novell Netware configurations) is no longer supported. As a service to those who still wish to have a way to configure an IPX/SPX connection to their Jetdirect Device, the English version of INPW Version 3.06 will be available on the CD for a while longer, although it will not be accessible directly from the CD shell. To access INPW 3.06, please browse your Jetdirect CD to directory INPW3.6, and double-click the executable for your language

  • If the computer has a port or a print path created by HP Web Jetadmin, that port will appear as an available port on the computer.

     

      NOTE: If your computer does not have the HP Standard TCP/IP port or an HP Standard IPX/SPX port as an option, you should download the INPW software mentioned above.
For Windows 9x and Me Method 1 - Install a new printer driver

  1. Install from CD-ROM, install a downloaded driver, or use the AddPrinter icon in the Printers folder.

  2. Select LPT1 as the printer port.

  3. Finish the installation, but select not to print a test page.

  4. Once the driver is installed, follow the steps under Method 2.

Method 2 - Printer driver is already installed

  1. If the printer is already installed, select Start, Settings, and Printers.

  2. Open the Properties of the printer, and select the Details tab. Click Add Port then select Other.

  3. Select the HPStandardTCP/IP or IPX/SPXPort.

  4. Select Next on the Welcome screen.

    • For the TCP/IP port, type the IP address or hostname.

    • For the IPX/SPX port, enter the network number and the LAN hardware (or MAC) address of the HP Jetdirect (Peer-to-peer network numbers are typically all zeros. Windows 2000 may be an exception).

  5. Select Next, then Finish.

For Windows NT , 2000, XP Install the printer driver one of two ways: Method 1 - Install a new printer driver

  1. Install the printer driver from CD, install a downloaded driver, or use the AddPrinter icon in the Printers folder.

  2. Select MyComputer.

  3. Select AddPort.

  4. Choose HPStandardTCP/IPPort or HPStandardIPX/SPXPort.

    • For the TCP/IP port, type the IP address or hostname.

    • For the IPX/SPX port, enter the network number and the LAN hardware (or MAC) address of the HP Jetdirect (Peer-to-peer network numbers are typically all zeros).

  5. Select Next, then Finish.

  6. Continue with the driver installation then proceed with the steps below.

Method 2 - Printer driver is already installed

  1. If the printer is already installed, select Start, Settings, and Printers. In Windows XP select Start, Printers and Faxes.

  2. Open the Properties of the printer, and select the Ports tab, select AddPort, then select NewPort.

  3. Select the HPStandardTCP/IP or IPX/SPXPort.

  4. Select Next on the Welcome screen.

    • For the TCP/IP port, type the IP address or hostname.

    • For the IPX/SPX port, enter the network number and the LAN hardware (or MAC) address of the HP Jetdirect (Peer-to-peer network numbers are typically all zeros).

  5. Select Next, then Finish.

  6. Close the printer driver properties before printing a test page.

 
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