I bought a new printer today (HP Photosmart), and Yast did find it in my wi-fi network and configured it properly.
I see that Yast set the connection type to “socket://192.168.1.7”, which is the IP the printer had. But the IP is given by the router (DHCP)…
Is there a way I can change the printer configuration so that the printer will always be available whatever its IP is (can be from 192.168.1.5 to 192.168.1.8) ?
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May be setting a static IP on the printer???
(http://bizsupport1.austin.hp.com/bizsupport/TechSupport/Document.jsp?lang=en&cc=us&taskId=110&prodSeriesId=1143049&prodTypeId=18972&objectID=c00783272)
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Indeed 
Thanks.
Strangely, I had in mind that because it is wireless, it had to have dynamic IP. But of course I can change the printer’s IP to a static one, and my router will accept it.
In the printed documents supplied with the printer, there was no info about the internal web server; so I had to borrow a XP laptop to configure the printer’s wi-fi settings using the install CD-ROM…
I have now changed the IP to 192.168.1.5 (static), and I can access the printer configuration from Linux/Firefox.
Curiously, when I came back to the laptop, the right printer with the right (new) IP was shown. So XP can find and adjust the IP of a printer even if dynamic. Isn’t this possible under Linux as well ?
Possibly the printer supports SLP or some other discovery protocol which you are not using.
On 2010-05-27, AmigaPhil <AmigaPhil@no-mx.forums.opensuse.org> wrote:
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> VampirD;2170206 Wrote:
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>> May be setting a static IP on the printer???
>> (‘HP Photosmart … Error Message Displays When Attempting to Print to
>> a Network Printer After the IP Address is Changed’
>> (http://tinyurl.com/3x3yeq9))
>>
>
> Indeed 
Thanks.
> Strangely, I had in mind that because it is wireless, it had to have
> dynamic IP. But of course I can change the printer’s IP to a static
> one, and my router will accept it.
Most recent routers can attribute a static IP address to a machine, based on
it’s MAC address. You don’t even need to find out what that is, the router
will probably show you a list of active devices with their dynamic IP and
offer to make it static.
If you have such a router, you might want to set the printer back to DHCP,
and let the router handle it. Saves you from having to un-freeze it’s usual
address if you decide to take it with you and hang it on another network.
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