HP Designjet 2500CP - HELP ME PLEASE!

[Spada]

can you link what card this is so I can take a look at it? Sorry, thought it was one of the jetdirect boxes that have multiple ports on it and stuff

[wills1970]

http://www.printertechs.com/pics/jet...J2552-600h.jpg

[Spada]

ok, so what you have to do is find the network options in the interface on the printer, not the computer. I can't find the menu settings for that printer... but essentially you are looking for the configuration page, which you need to print out. it will have the ip address of that printer on there... and you won't get one linked directly to your computer like that (unless you have a crossover cable)... so yes you need the network router.

[Spada]

without a crossover cable or router, there is nothing to actually assign the ip address to the printer

[wills1970]

I printed out the configuration page, but I don't see an IP address anywhere on the printout........

[Spada]

is there network info anywhere on the page? you're going to need a router I think.... but first if there isn't even an area on there that says ip address: 0.0.0.0 then that's probably the menu configuration page (a quick glance at the menu options set) and there's another to printout

[wills1970]

I have it set up through a router as well and the port for both the laptop as well as the printer are green, I just cannot get them to talk to each other......... When I printed out the configuration this is all it gave me:

Printer Name: HP Designjet 2500CP
Code rev: A.01.07p
Adobe postscript level2: ver 2016.104
RAM present: 52MB
RAM available for PostScript: 44.9

Hard Drive Size:
- PostScript Resources: 805.0
- User font files:
- MB free: 759.4
- Print Management: 329MB
- Internal use: 850MB

Menu Settings

Device Setup
Language: Automatic
Dry Time: Automatic

Utilities
Menu mode: Full
Media: Heavy Coated
Ink: Imaging

Queing & Nesting
Queue: On
Nest: Off
Nest wait: 2 min

Page Format
Page Size: ANSI E
Scale: 100%
Rotate: 0
Margins: Extended
- Top/Bottom: 27.1 mm
- Left/Right: 14.9 mm
Mirroring: Off

Image Quality
Ink Emulation: TOYO
Color Calibration: On
Printhead Service Check: Frequency

And then it lists all of the font names in their font types............

[Spada]

yeah, that's the wrong one.... tell ya what if you know how to log into your router then you should be able to find connected devices. Find your ip by going start>run then type 'cmd' and hit enter to bring up the command line. type 'ipconfig' to see your ip. then take that, add a 1 onto the end and it should take you to your router (with most of them, see your manual if this doesn't work). Ex. 192.168.0.5 is your ip,,,, then you would type 192.168.0.1

[wills1970]

Ok....I am logged into my router........but I don't see a tab that lets me see what is currently connected to the network.....

[wills1970]

Hey I am finally getting somewhere.......I found the menu on the printer to give me all of the internal settings. I have the IP address. I went to the add printer menu on the computer and selected the tcp/ip setting. I typed the IP for the printer and saved it. I tried to print, but still nothing..........