HP Jetdirect Print Servers - Administrator Guide

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TCP/IP Configuration Tools
Depending on your printer and operating system, an HP Jetdirect
print server can be configured with valid TCP/IP parameters for
your network in the following ways:
● Using Software. You can use your printer installation
software or the HP Jetdirect print server installation software
on supported systems. For more information see Chapter 2
, “HP
Software Solutions Summary”.
To configure a wireless print server with a valid IP address
before a wireless connection is established, use the HP Jetdirect
Wireless Setup Wizard (Windows) or the embedded Web server.
Printer installation software may be used for IP configuration
of network-connected printers only.
● BOOTP/TFTP. You can download the data from a
network-based server using BOOTP (Bootstrap Protocol) and
TFTP (Trivial File Transfer Protocol) each time the printer is
turned on. For more information, see “Using BOOTP/TFTP
”.
The BOOTP daemon, bootpd, must be running on a BOOTP
server that is accessible by the printer.
● DHCP/TFTP. You can use Dynamic Host Configuration
Protocol (DHCP). This protocol is supported in HP-UX, Solaris,
Red Hat Linux, SuSE Linux, Windows NT/2000/XP, NetWare
and Mac OS systems. (Refer to your network operating system
manuals to verify that your server operating system supports
DHCP.) For more information, see “Using DHCP
”.
Note Linux and UNIX systems: For more information,
see the bootpd man page.
On HP-UX systems, a sample DHCP configuration
file (dhcptab) may be located in the /etc directory.
Since HP-UX presently does not provide Dynamic
Domain Name Services (DDNS) for its DHCP
implementations, HP recommends that you set all
print server lease durations to infinite. This ensures
that print server IP addresses remain static until
such time as Dynamic Domain Name Services
are provided.