Re: Network Printer
I would advise you assign a static IP outside of the DHCP range. It will avoid tons of trouble. The printer is not a very smart device, in the sense that it probably doesn't even realize when it IP changes. It just binds to whatever IP is assigned by the DHCP server and sends out the printer name. It is standard practice to assign a network printer a static IP anyway. Network printers are a horror story for a number of reasons. First and foremost, the network printer operates primarily outside of a Windows network, unless it is shared from a Windows OS that is running 24/7 or from a Windows Server that is running 24/7. As you can probably tell by the trouble you are experiencing, the larger the network gets...