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Peter Humphrey wrote: |
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> On Wednesday, 12 January 2022 23:31:56 GMT Dale wrote: |
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>> I have a very similar printer and this is my settings from CUPS: |
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>> Description: Lexmark C2325dw |
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>> Location: Local Printer |
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>> Driver: C2325dw - IPP Everywhere (color, 2-sided printing) |
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>> Connection: ipp://192.168.0.102 |
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> That Connection field is what I needed. Thanks Dale. |
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>> If I recall correctly, the printer uses DHCP so I let it pick its first |
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>> IP itself and then I think I set it to use that from then on. I have a |
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>> cell phone that connects to and don't want them switching IPs on me. It |
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>> uses IPP to communicate. If you want to access the printer directly, to |
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>> see toner cartridge levels, adjust printer settings etc, just point a |
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>> browser to the IP address. |
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>> If you are connecting to a router, I'd access the router and see if the |
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>> router is seeing the printer first thing. If you require passwords, you |
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>> may need to enter the password on the printer panel, I did. Once you |
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>> can access the printer in a web browser, you can adjust things easier. |
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> In fact I've taken the belt-and-braces approach. I have the address defined in |
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> /etc/hosts and in the local DNS, and it's also associated with the MAC address |
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> in the router. |
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>> Does that help any? |
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> It does. I've just spent an hour stepping through the process of adding the |
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> printer, writing down everything I did and saw. Then I went back and tried |
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> your suggestion and it worked straight away. |
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> Thanks again. |
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I'm not going to tell you how many hours I spent trying all the |
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options. Or how long I googled. It took a while. I asked on here and |
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got some help but still took a bit. |
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If that didn't help, I was going to take pics and send them off list. |
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That way you can just follow along with it. About the only change you |
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might need to make, the IP address. I couldn't imagine it being to |
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different given the closeness of our printer models. |
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By the way, I hope you can refill your cartridges. Those things are |
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darn expensive. The high yield is the best bargain tho. If I could get |
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the ships, I could refill mine. Toner isn't a problem. The chips are. |
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I wish someone would make a chip that disables the page count thing. |
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Maybe a reset button. If you ever find a way that works, please share, |
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off list if needed. Just keep [gentoo-user] in the subject line. That |
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triggers my filters and bypasses spam filter. |
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I'm not sure about yours but I am very pleased with features and the |
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print quality. My only gripe is the cartridges and their cost. |
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Happy printing. |
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Dale |
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:-) :-) |