HP Printer Problem

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Hi,

I have a printer HP 4600 laserjet including JETDIRECT card with IP address
192.168.0.50 host name NPICCC. I am using Windows 95 English, I do not
install this driver because my computer do not connect HP printer. I can
ping it but I used HOST name to ping, the result is unknown host NPICCC.

I checked with HP who said that it is networking problem. Our network is NT
4.0 with WINS. DHCP is done by router.

How to delete the host record or set the host record ?? Or any sugguestion
or hints is provided very appreciated.

Thanks
Jimmy
 
Jw said:
Hi,

I have a printer HP 4600 laserjet including JETDIRECT card with IP address
192.168.0.50 host name NPICCC. I am using Windows 95 English, I do not
install this driver because my computer do not connect HP printer. I can
ping it but I used HOST name to ping, the result is unknown host NPICCC.

I checked with HP who said that it is networking problem. Our network is NT
4.0 with WINS. DHCP is done by router.

How to delete the host record or set the host record ?? Or any sugguestion
or hints is provided very appreciated.

Thanks
Jimmy
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I assume that you mean "I use the HOSTS file" when you write
"I used HOST name to ping".

If so then please post these details:
- What is the operating system of the machine where your hosts file
is located?
- Where exactly does the hosts file reside?
- What exactly is the line you added to the hosts file?
 
Jw said:
Hi,

I have a printer HP 4600 laserjet including JETDIRECT card with IP
address 192.168.0.50 host name NPICCC. I am using Windows 95 English,
I do not install this driver because my computer do not connect HP
printer. I can ping it but I used HOST name to ping, the result is
unknown host NPICCC.
Click to expand...

You can't ping this printer by name if it isn't if its name isn't in DNS or
hosts or lmhosts or WINS, none of which would have that name dynamically in
it by default.

Can you ping by IP address? You don't need to be able to ping by name, do
you? You shouldn't, as long as you can ping the IP address.

Set up the printer on the NT server by using a standard TCP/IP port (I'm
very rusty on NT but I know you can do this or equivalent), install the
drivers on the server (incl. the downlevel Win9x drivers), and share the
printer. Then you can add the printer on the workstations from the share on
the server.
 
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