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Iseeuu... now that is just too clever LOL. See, you really ARE a genius. Problem solved. I'll race out and grab one this afternoon.
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Thanks.
I'll swap you doc
Iseeuu... now that is just too clever LOL. See, you really ARE a genius. Problem solved. I'll race out and grab one this afternoon.
Love your work!
Thanks.
You never really answered the question: How to use an ethernet cable to connect a printer directly to a laptop. Can it be done? Can you simply use a crossover cable and set up a new port?
This is an old one, but yes... you can connect directly to the printer with a cross-over if you like. Some printers will even auto sense and you can use a regular patch cable, but definitely a crossover will work.
Can I get more details:
Step one - Use the Printer menu to determine the current IP Address.
Step two - Determine what IP address you want to use. I understand that you need to use a subnet to avoid any conflicts with your existing network. For example, my network is set up with 192.168.1.xxxx where the xxxx up to 50 is fixed IP addresses and the rest are dynamically assigned. As I understand it, you have to assign the printer an address of 192.168.50.1 to create a new .50 subnet.
Step three - Use Add Printer after changing the IP address and use Search Local Network to get the software to find the printer.
Step four - I have no idea how you tell the client computer to use the subnet for this connection.
All of this should be done after plugging in an Internet crossover cable.
Can anyone flesh out the details to be more specifc when you define the Port and the IP address of both the printer and the computer so they will find each other?