GCC Elite XL 40 Series TCP/IP setup

Here is a solution for anyone who has a GGC Elite XL 40 Series trying to get it to work with Snow Leopard using TCP/IP

This is from (believe it or not) one single email reply from Donna at GCC tech support and reading the free manual that came with the printer. *My adjustments to her email are in boldface.*
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Since Apple has made the decision to eliminate Appletalk from it's Operating System, you are now forced to set the printer up over TCP/IP. Please keep in mind that GCC has never provided drivers for the Mac. We use the Apple Built in Print Driver. We do provide an OS X PPD Installer located on our website that I recommend you download, unstuff, install, reboot your Mac, then add the printer. You can find the Installer at http://www.gccprinters.com/support/doc/ Click on the Model of your printer and download the OS X Installer. DO NOT download the Applications Folder.

You will need to set the printer up over TCP/IP, which means you will need to assign the printer a Static IP Address (with these notable changes: set as Class A, subnet mask as FF.FF.FF.00).
*On my Elite 40 there were no settings for Class on the printer's display panel.*

*(SEE BELOW FOR SETTING STATIC IP ADDRESS THEN RETURN HERE TO CONTINUE)*

Once you've done that, please do the following:

Please click on The link below for the instructions on how to enter your IP Address in the printer. It does not tell you what IP Address to use, your Router Users Guide will assist you with that.
*There is no link here because I have included that info below. The IP address which is used as a basis for all these settings is displayable on your Mac. Go to System Preferences, Network, Ethernet (obviously you have to be connected to a network when doing all this) and the values for Router address, Subnet Mask, etc. will be displayed in the Network Preference dialog when selecting Ethernet from the left panel.*

1) Select 'System Preferences...'

2) Click on 'Print & Fax' icon

3) Click on the '+' button to add a printer

4) Select the 'IP' icon in the top row

5) Next to 'Protocol' select 'HP Jetdirect - Socket' *A lot of other posts on the web have this wrong, but this is what works.*

6) Next to 'Address' type in the Static IP address of the GCC printer *(Remember you have already done this if you followed the steps)* immediately followed by (without the quote marks) ':10001'. For instance if your printer is at 192.0.1.200, you would enter 192.0.1.200:10001. HP communicates over port 9100, however GCC 40 series communicates over port 10001.

7) (Optionally) Next to 'Name' set the name of the printer to something friendlier. Normally it defaults to the IP address enter in the previous step. The 'Name' is what the printer is called in the print dialog.

8) (Optionally) Next to 'Print Using' change/verify the PPD. *Remember you have installed the OS X PPD from the GCC website. This should be automatic but if not then select from the dropdown list the GCC PPD.*

9) Click 'Add' in the bottom right corner. After a few moments the 'Add Printer' dialog will close. *When I clicked add the updating was taking a long time, but I then clicked on the CONFIGURE button in the dialog, made sure all the correct boxes were checked, like which trays I had physically on the printer, the amount of RAM installed on the printer, etc. As soon as I clicked OK from that dialog, the addition completed itself and the printer was added.*

10) The printer added in the previous step will appear in the list on the left side of the 'Print & Fax' panel. Click on the close box in the left-top of the 'Print & Fax' panel.

11) Done. You should be ready to print.

Donna



SETTING A STATIC IP ADDRESS
*This is generic for all GCC printers so there are slight differences for the 40N.*

Press the online button to take the printer offline. *I only had to press the MENU button to start the process.*

Press the Menu button until the display reads "Interfaces", then press the Enter button once. *My GCC had a SELECT button so consider SELECT equals ENTER.*

The display now reads "8-Pin Serial-Localtalk", press Menu once.
*Not applicable on my GCC 40.*

The display now reads "TCP/IP-Press Enter", press Enter once.
The display reads "TCP/IP-Disabled". Press the + key once. The display now reads "TCP/IP-Enabled" press the Enter key once. Once the * appears, press the Menu button once. (An *to the far right of each entry means that your setting is selected.)

The display now reads "Check Addresses-Enabled". You should ALWAYS disable Check Addresses. Press the + key once. The display now reads "Check Addresses-Disabled" with an * to the far right showing the item has been selected. Once the setting "disabled" is selected, press the Menu button once.
*Not applicable on my GCC 40.*

The display now reads "IP-Class C" by default. Press the + key until the correct IP Class required for you network appears, then press the Enter button to lock it in. Press Menu once.
*Not applicable on my GCC 40.*

The display now reads "Subnet Mask-FF.xx.xx.xx" (FF=hexidecimal code). The xx's represent the Subnet Mask that corresponds with the IP Class entered in the previous step. To change this setting, use the + or - key to enter the correct Subnet. Use the Enter key to toggle between each set of numbers in the Subnet Address. Press the Enter key, and look for the * to be sure your Subnet has been locked in. Once completed, press the Menu button once.
*255.255.255.0 is the usual default. You can find most of the values to use when your Mac is connected to a network using an Ethernet cable. Select System Preferences, Network, Ethernet and see the values. Don't worry that the Mac is using DHCP, you are going to set a Static IP address*

The display now reads "IP Address-000.000.000.000". Using the + or - buttons you can enter the first octet of your IP Address, to skip to the next octet, press the Enter button. Follow these steps until the IP Address has been completely entered, then press 'Enter' to lock in the Address. Remember to look for the * showing the address has been locked in. Press Menu once.
*In my case part of this was already complete because I had originally had Leopard on the Mac using this printer via AppleTalk.*

The display now reads "Broadcast Address-255.255.255.255". This is the Default Broadcast address for almost every network. Press the Menu button to accept the default or use the + or - keys to change it. If you made change to the Broadcast Address, remember to look for the * showing the address has been locked in. Press Menu once.
*Not applicable on my GCC 40.*

After you press the Menu button the display should read: "Default Router 000.000.000.000". Using the + or - buttons enter the Default Router Address for your network. If you are not using a router, enter 1.1.1.1 for the Default Address. Press the Enter button to lock in the Setting, and press the Menu button once.
*Again, part of this was already completed as in an earlier explanation*

The display should now read "Syslog Host". Power the printer off, wait 5 seconds, and power the printer back on. Your IP addressing should be completed at this point and you can print using TCP/IP.
*Not applicable on my GCC 40. The menu panel displayed a restart prompt for the printer, which I did to lock in the values. Once the values are locked you can then return to the top of this post to add the printer.*