DesignJet T900 and T1500 Printer Series - User guide
Connect the printer to your network
The printer is able to congure itself automatically for most networks, in a similar way to any computer in the
same network. The rst time you connect it to a network, this process may take a few minutes.
Once the printer has a working network conguration, you can check its network address from the front
panel: press
, then .
Network conguration
For more details about the current network conguration, go to the front panel and press , then ,
then Connectivity > Network connectivity > Gigabit Ethernet > Modify conguration. From here it is
possible, though not normally necessary, to change the settings manually; this can also be done remotely
using the Embedded Web Server.
TIP: You may nd it helpful to print out the full printer network conguration on paper. This can be done
from the front panel: press , then , then Internal prints > Service information prints > Print
connectivity conguration. If you do not print out the full network conguration, consider making a note of
the printer's IP address and network name.
If you accidentally miscongure the printer’s network settings, you can restore the network settings to their
factory values from the front panel: press , then , then Connectivity > Network connectivity >
Advanced > Restore factory settings. Then you must restart the printer. This automatically provides a
working network conguration for most networks. The printer’s other settings remain unchanged.
Using IPv6
Your printer supports almost all network connectivity features using IPv6, just as it does using IPv4. To make
full use of IPv6, you may need to connect your printer to an IPv6 network in which there are IPv6 routers and
servers.
In most IPv6 networks, the printer will congure itself automatically as follows, and no user conguration is
necessary:
1. The printer assigns itself a link-local IPv6 address (which starts with “fe80::”).
2. The printer assigns itself stateless IPv6 addresses as indicated to it by any IPv6 routers on the network.
3. If no stateless IPv6 addresses can be assigned, the printer will try to obtain IPv6 addresses using
DHCPv6. It will also do so if the routers instruct it to do so.
The stateless and DHCPv6 IPv6 addresses can be used to access the printer, and in most IPv6 networks this
will be appropriate.
The link-local IPv6 address works only in the local subnet. Although it is possible to access the printer using
this address, it is not recommended.
It is possible to assign a manual IPv6 address to the printer, using the front panel or the Embedded Web
Server. It is also possible to disable IPv6 completely in the printer. However, it is not possible to disable IPv4 in
the printer, and therefore it is not possible to congure the printer as IPv6-only.
NOTE: In typical IPv6 use, your printer will have multiple IPv6 addresses, although it has only one IPv4
address.
TIP: You are recommended to give a name to the printer. You can do this from the front panel or (more
easily) from the Embedded Web Server.
TIP: You will generally nd it easier to use IPv4 unless you have a specic need to use IPv6.
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