How to get the IP address of printer USB attached to Time Capsule?

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How to get the IP address of printer USB attached to Time Capsule?

I'm trying to work a printing problem with my HP7310 Officejet and VMware's Fusion 2.0.3. I'm on Mac OS 10.5.5.

One of the first diagnostic steps for Fusion is to ping the IP address printer. If I open the Print & Fax dialog from System Preferences I can see the name of my printer, let's say it's called "foo bar". I then open a bash terminal and type: ping "foo bar", but get an "unknown host" message.

I can ping the Time Capsule itself by getting the IP address from Airport Utility. The printer "foo bar" shows properly in the Airport Utility Printers dialog.

Anyone have any suggestions?

iMac G5, Mac OS X (10.5.1)

Posted on Apr 9, 2009 9:47 AM

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PAlterBoy Author

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Apr 9, 2009 9:50 AM in response to PAlterBoy

Correction: MAC OS 10.5.6, and the printer works fine from the Mac OS.

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Bob Timmons

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Apr 9, 2009 10:38 AM in response to PAlterBoy

If you open AirPort Utility > Manual Setup > Advanced > Logs & Statistics > DHCP clients, a list of the devices will be displayed with their IP addresses. Make note of these.

You will have to get the IP for your printer by process of elimination. Go to
System Preferences > Network to see your ethernet and wireless connections and associated IPs. You should be able to narrow the list down to identify your printer.

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