Need to change IP address of printer on CLIENT side.

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Need to change IP address of printer on CLIENT side.

I'm connected to a network printer (HP 4200 laser) and it's been working just fine. Then the boys in IT changed its static IP address. I need to go into my configuration for this printer and change the IP address so that my Macbook Air (10.9.4) can find this printer. But I can see no other way to change the IP address than to delete the printer and reconfigure it all over again. Is that right? It can't be right. What am I missing? The best I can seem to do is to "Open Print Queue" and then click "Settings" but this is all I'm seeing. There is no way to change the destination IP address on the client side.

MacBook Air, OS X Mavericks (10.9.4), 4 GB RAM

Posted on Sep 26, 2014 7:10 AM

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Answer 1

Linc Davis

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Sep 26, 2014 2:17 PM in response to mph66

Delete the printer and add it back with the new address.

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etresoft

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Sep 26, 2014 5:47 PM in response to mph66

It would require the Terminal, super user access, and basic XML knowledge. The file is at /etc/cups/printers.conf.

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Answer 3

Sep 26, 2014 6:28 PM in response to mph66

Why aren't your network people using DNS to name the printer? If they change DNS, then the printer should resolve automatically.

But yeah, remove and re-add the printer. That's faster than messing around with the configuration files.

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etresoft

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Sep 26, 2014 6:36 PM in response to MrHoffman

MrHoffman wrote:

Why aren't your network people using DNS to name the printer? If they change DNS, then the printer should resolve automatically.

What a comedian! It was just the other day that I went through a few programs at work and replaced the DNS name with a hard-coded IP address. It seems they are moving the service to a new machine and this is part of their migration strategy. I can't argue with logic like that.

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