Graphical Control Panel

Graphical control panels typically display 18 characters on a line, and as many as four lines at a time. In addition, scrolling may be supported to allow display of additional lines.

MENUS

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On graphical control panels, a numeric keypad and navigation buttons are used to access HP Jetdirect menu items. For a description of menu items and options, see Table B.2.

Table B.2 HP Jetdirect Graphical Control Panel Menu (1 of 4)

Menu Item

Options

Description of settings

 

 

 

TCP/IP

ENABLE

ON: Enable the TCP/IP protocol

 

 

OFF: Disable the TCP/IP protocol

 

 

 

 

HOST NAME

An alphanumeric string, up to 32 characters,

 

 

used to identify the device. This name is listed

 

 

on the Jetdirect configuration page. The

 

 

default host name is NPIxxxxxx, where

 

 

xxxxxx is the last six digits of the LAN

 

 

hardware (MAC) address.

 

 

 

 

CONFIG METHOD

Specifies the method that TCP/IP parameters

 

 

will be configured on the Jetdirect print server.

 

 

BOOTP: Use BootP (Bootstrap Protocol)

 

 

for automatic configuration from a BootP

 

 

server.

 

 

DHCP: Use DHCP (Dynamic Host

 

 

Configuration Protocol) for automatic

 

 

configuration from a DHCP server. If

 

 

selected and a DHCP lease exists, DHCP

 

 

RELEASE and DHCP RENEW menus will

 

 

be available to set DHCP lease options.

 

 

AUTO IP: Use automatic link-local IP

 

 

addressing. An address in the form

 

 

169.254.x.x will be automatically

 

 

assigned.

 

 

MANUAL: Use the MANUAL SETTINGS

 

 

menu to configure TCP/IP parameters.

 

 

 

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