Change Bonjour name on a printer?

I have an HP LaserJet 2015dn printer that was configured with one Bonjour name, but we're now changing some settings and I'd like to make the Bonjour name more descriptive of the printer. I can change the device name through the web interface for the printer, but the Bonjour name is not editable. Is there another way to change the Bonjour name?

Mac OS X (10.4.10)

Posted on Aug 21, 2007 3:08 PM

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Aug 22, 2007 6:09 AM in response to kanet007

Hmmm. I have that same printer and I can change the Bonjour name. Make sure you go to the "Networking" tab in the web interface, then choose "Bonjour" from the left hand side.

I used the command line program mDNS to verify it's being changed:

mDNS -B printer.tcp


At first gave me this (which was already not the default):

Browsing for printer.tcplocal
Talking to DNS SD Daemon at Mach port 3843
Timestamp A/R Flags Domain Service Type Instance Name
6:58:51.648 Add 0 local. printer.tcp. HP LaserJet


Then I changed it and got this:

Browsing for printer.tcplocal
Talking to DNS SD Daemon at Mach port 3843
Timestamp A/R Flags Domain Service Type Instance Name
7:03:41.402 Add 0 local. printer.tcp. My New Printer


Just hit the "control"-"c" key combo to quit mDNS after each time you run it in the Terminal. Or do a Google search for a GUI based Bonjour Browser, I think there are a couple.

charlie

Message was edited by: Charles Minow (ugh, these new formatting codes for the Discussions are killin' me)

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