Minolta 2430DL - not staying networked

[Jay A]

Ok here is another question about my Minolta 2430DL network color laser
printer...

Everything works ok until I come back a day or two later and try and print.
I am able to print from my desktop which is USB connected but I am not able
to print from any computer networked to my router unless I reinstall the
Minolta drivers.

I have a feeling that the problem might have something to do with IP
addresses changing and don't know how to go about preventing this. I leave
the printer on all the time in energy saver mode, but I turn off my wireless
networked PCs each night.

Any suggestions?

 

[Martijn]

Ok here is another question about my Minolta 2430DL network color laser
printer...

Everything works ok until I come back a day or two later and try and print.
I am able to print from my desktop which is USB connected but I am not able
to print from any computer networked to my router unless I reinstall the
Minolta drivers.

I have a feeling that the problem might have something to do with IP
addresses changing and don't know how to go about preventing this. I leave
the printer on all the time in energy saver mode, but I turn off my wireless
networked PCs each night.

Any suggestions?

Did you disable dhcp in the printer control panel? are your
network settings in the printer ok?
And what about trying to connect to the printer without a router in
between?
And when you cannot print anymore on your mc2430, can still ping the
printer?

 

[Jay A]

Thanks....yes I figured it out. I had to disable dhcp and now it seems to be
ok.
What I would like to know though is, if dhcp needs to be disabled, in what
situtaion would you NOT want to disable it? Why does it default to being on?

 

[Colon Terminus]

I dunno. Every network printer I've ever used, even tiny US$30 Edimax print
servers work just fine with DHCP. I can't imagine why your Minolta requires
DHCP to be disabled.

After disabling DHCP, have you assigned it a fixed IP address? Did you
exclude that address from your DHCP scope?

 

[Jay A]

Yes I assigned the address manually on the printer but I don't know what you
mean by excluding it from the DHCP scope. Is this something I must do on the
router? I use a Linksys router. At any rate, so far so good. The printer is
working today just fine/