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Verified Printing

Yesterday I moved a printer from one building to another, which required a change of TCP/IP address to match. Not a problem. I plug it in at the new location, it pulls an address from the DHCP server, I go on-line to request that it be made sticky (the DHCP server will always assign that TCP/IP address to that MAC address.)

I then try to change the IP address in the print queue. For some reason didn't work. Not a big problem, I send off an work request to have it done. That was this morning, about 9. Checked my e-mail a few minutes ago, the job has been done.

So they say. I have to test. But how?

Add the printer to the dozens I have set up on my laptop, make it the default, pull up the printer's status page.
Pull up the web page of the printer (http://the printer's IP address)
Write up a document in wordpad, telling them the printer is working.
Refresh the printer's page, note the page count.
Print my document.
Refresh the printer's page, note the page count.
It has incrememted by one. My document has printed through the print queue.
Verified!

Posted by Paladin at October 31, 2008 04:04 PM