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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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Regards, |
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Peter. |
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