Apple 12/640PS manual Assigning an IP address to the printer

Step 3: Assigning an IP address to the printer

When you unpack the printer, it has a unique permanent factory-assigned Ethernet address, but no IP address. To assign an IP address to the printer, you can use any one of the following methods, which are described more fully in the sections that follow:

mping assignment. Any printer administrator with superuser privileges can use this method, which is sometimes called gleaning. If your network has neither RARP nor BOOTP services, and you have no access to Windows or Mac OS computers, you must use this method.

Note: This method works only when the printer has no IP address. If the printer has an IP address, you must use telnet.

mApple Printer Utility and LaserWriter Utility for Windows. If your network includes a Mac OS computer or Windows computer, you can use one of these utility programs to set the printer’s IP address.

mRARP (Remote Address Resolution Protocol). If your network has a RARP server, you can use this method.

mBOOTP (Bootstrap Protocol). If your network has a BOOTP server, you can use this method.

These methods are described in the next three sections. Choose which section applies to you, and skip the others.

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. You must use telnet instead.

1Turn on the printer and save the startup page that prints out.

2Log in as root to any UNIX workstation on the same subnet as the printer.

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