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

Menu Item

Options

Description of settings

 

 

 

 

DHCP RELEASE

This menu appears if CONFIG METHOD was

 

 

set to DHCP and a DHCP lease for the print

 

 

server exists.

 

 

NO (default): The current DHCP lease is

 

 

saved.

 

 

YES: The current DHCP lease along with

 

 

the leased IP address are released.

 

 

 

 

DHCP RENEW

This menu appears if CONFIG METHOD was

 

 

set to DHCP and a DHCP lease for the print

 

 

server exists.

 

 

NO (default): The print server does not

 

 

request to renew the DHCP lease.

 

 

YES: The print server requests to renew

 

 

the current DHCP lease.

 

 

 

 

MANUAL SETTINGS

(Available only if CONFIG METHOD is set to

 

 

MANUAL) Configure parameters directly

 

 

from the printer control panel:

 

 

IP ADDRESS n.n.n.n: The unique IP

 

 

address of the printer, where n is a value

 

 

from 0 to 255.

 

 

SUBNET MASK m.m.m.m: The subnet

 

 

mask for the printer, where m is a value

 

 

from 0 to 255.

 

 

SYSLOG SERVER n.n.n.n: The IP

 

 

address of the syslog server used to

 

 

receive and log syslog messages.

 

 

DEFAULT GATEWAY n.n.n.n: The IP

 

 

address of the gateway or router used for

 

 

communications with other networks.

 

 

IDLE TIMEOUT: The time period, in

 

 

seconds, after which an idle TCP print

 

 

data connection is closed (default is 270

 

 

seconds, 0 disables the timeout).

 

 

 

 

DEFAULT IP

Specify the IP address to default to when the

 

 

print server is unable to obtain an IP address

 

 

from the network during a forced TCP/IP

 

 

reconfiguration (for example, when manually

 

 

configured to use BootP or DHCP).

 

 

AUTO IP: A link-local IP address

 

 

169.254.x.x will be set.

 

 

LEGACY: The address 192.0.0.192 will

 

 

be set, consistent with older Jetdirect

 

 

products.

 

 

 

 

 

 

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