HP Laserjet 2100TN - how to add IP printer in Snow Leopard
I am not a very technical person, so this was quite an ordeal for me. I was very frustrated by the process and almost gave up. I am glad that I did not
I just upgraded to Snow Leopard and after many hours of reading blogs and instructions etc. I finally got my HP LaserJet 2100TN network printer to print in SnowLeopard. I am running a 24" imac.
All of the blogs/support documents tell you that you have to enter the IP address of the printer to set up an IP printer. To obtain the IP address for the printer, you are told to print a Configuration Page. But I had no idea how to do that. So I found a manual online for my printer, learned that if I pressed the Job Cancel and the Go button at the same time that I would print a configuration page. And it did !!!! It was listed under Printer Informations as HP JetSend Address: ip: 192.xx.x.xx. (I left out my IP address as yours will be different.) I then used the Network application located under Utilities, went to PING, entered the IP address and I pinged the printer. The ping was successful. Then I used the instructions provided at the link below to add the IP printer. Here is the info for the add printer info: http://support.apple.com/kb/HT4507.
Here is the link for the LaserJet 2100 manual.
http://bizsupport1.austin.hp.com/bc/docs/support/SupportManual/bpl06466/bpl06466 .pdf
Good luck.
iMac, Mac OS X (10.6.3)