Apple 12/600PS manual PrinterIPaddress printerIPname

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Printer IP address assignment, option A: Using ping assignment

Any printer administrator with superuser privileges can use the ping assignment method to assign the printer’s IP address and store it in the printer’s nonvolatile memory (so it remembers the address even when the printer is turned off).

Note: This method works only when the printer has no IP address. If you’ve already set the printer’s IP address, you cannot change it by using this method.

Turn on the printer and save the startup page that prints out.

Log in as root to any UNIX workstation on the same subnet as the printer. Add the following line to the /etc/hosts table on your workstation:

printer_IP_address printer_IP_name

You obtain the printer IP address from your network administrator. You choose the printer IP name yourself (if it was not assigned by the network administrator). It must follow the naming convention of your system, which generally means it must contain fewer than 32 characters.

Example

80.20.0.0LaserWriterFloor2

Type the following command to force an entry into your system’s arp table:

arp -sprinter_IP_name printer_Ethernet_address

The printer IP name is the same name you used in step 3. You obtain the Ethernet address from the startup page that prints automatically when you turn on the printer. The address appears next to the top icon on the page.

Example

If your startup page showed that your Ethernet address was 08:00:07:2b:48:fb, you would type

arp -s LaserWriterFloor2 08:00:07:2b:48:fb

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