HP 635n HP Jetdirect Print Server Administrator's Guide - Page 24

Verifying Network Configuration, Renaming the Printer, Running the HP LaserJet Utility

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Running the HP LaserJet Utility 1 With the printer turned on and online, and the print server connected to the printer and to the network, double-click the HP LaserJet Utility icon. 2 If the printer's name is not listed as the target printer, click Select Printer. The Select a Target Printer window appears. ● Select the zone, if necessary, from the AppleTalk Zones list in which the printer resides. The zone the printer is in is shown on the configuration page. See the hardware installation guide for your print server or your printer's Getting Started guide for instructions on printing a configuration page. ● Select the printer from the Available Printers list and click OK. Verifying Network Configuration To verify your current network configuration, print a Jetdirect configuration page. If you have not printed a configuration page from your printer, see your printer documentation for instructions (see HP Jetdirect Configuration Pages for more information). If your printer has a control panel, make sure a READY message appears on the control panel for at least 1 minute, then print the page. The current configuration is listed under "AppleTalk" on the configuration page. NOTE If you have multiple printers on your network, you need to print a configuration page to identify the printer's name and zone. Renaming the Printer The factory supplies a default name for your printer. Hewlett-Packard highly recommends that you rename your printer to avoid having multiple printers with similar names on your network. CAUTION After you have renamed the printer and have set up print queues to that printer, use caution when changing the printer name again. If you rename the printer again, the queues for that printer will no longer function. NOTE The name may be up to 32 characters in length. A warning beep indicates that an illegal character was typed. For illegal characters, see the Help system integrated with the software. You can name your printer anything you like-for example, "Michael's LaserJet 4000." The HP LaserJet Utility has the ability to rename devices located in different zones, as well as the local zone (no zones need to be present in order to use the HP LaserJet Utility). 1 Select the Settings icon from the scrolling icon list. The Please select a setting: dialog appears. 2 Select Printer Name in the list. 3 Click Edit. The Set Printer Name dialog box appears. 4 Type the new name. 5 Click OK. 14 Chapter 2 HP Software Solutions Summary ENWW

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Running the HP LaserJet Utility
1
With the printer turned on and online, and the print server connected to the printer and to the
network, double-click the
HP LaserJet Utility
icon.
2
If the printer's name is not listed as the target printer, click
Select Printer
. The
Select a Target
Printer window appears.
●
Select the zone, if necessary, from the AppleTalk Zones list in which the printer resides. The
zone the printer is in is shown on the configuration page. See the hardware installation guide
for your print server or your printer's Getting Started guide for instructions on printing a
configuration page.
●
Select the printer from the
Available Printers
list and click
OK
.
Verifying Network Configuration
To verify your current network configuration, print a Jetdirect configuration page. If you have not
printed a configuration page from your printer, see your printer documentation for instructions (see
HP
Jetdirect
Configuration
Pages
for more information). If your printer has a control panel, make
sure a
READY
message appears on the control panel for at least 1 minute, then print the page. The
current configuration is listed under “AppleTalk” on the configuration page.
NOTE
If you have multiple printers on your network, you need to print a configuration page
to identify the printer's name and zone.
Renaming the Printer
The factory supplies a default name for your printer.
Hewlett-Packard highly recommends that
you rename your printer to avoid having multiple printers with similar names on your network
.
CAUTION
After you have renamed the printer and have set up print queues to that printer,
use caution when changing the printer name again. If you rename the printer again, the
queues for that printer will no longer function.
NOTE
The name may be up to 32 characters in length. A warning beep indicates that an
illegal character was typed. For illegal characters, see the Help system integrated with the
software.
You can name your printer anything you like—for example, “Michael's LaserJet 4000.” The HP
LaserJet Utility has the ability to rename devices located in different zones, as well as the local zone
(no zones need to be present in order to use the HP LaserJet Utility).
1
Select the
Settings
icon from the scrolling icon list. The
Please select a setting
: dialog appears.
2
Select
Printer Name
in the list.
3
Click
Edit
. The
Set Printer Name
dialog box appears.
4
Type the new name.
5
Click
OK
.
14
Chapter 2
HP Software Solutions Summary
ENWW