Printer Connection Failed

[eahicks]

This error keeps popping up in PM when I send a file. Yet when I click OK it still sends the print. Anyone ever see this? Not really sure if it's Flexi or the printer kicking out this error. Nothing has changed software or hardware related in forever, just started yesterday with a batch of jobs I'm printing. Waiting for them all to be done before I reboot everything.

EDIT: So Now I hit ok and then it get some other "callback Error". Now says cannot open port in the RIP.

 

[Solventinkjet]

You're having network issues. What is the machine model and how are you connected to it?

 

[eahicks]

L26500. It's on network. I just changed the IP address and now seems to be fine. Some conflict popped up somewhere. I've had to do that one other time for other issues.

 

[Solventinkjet]

Sounds about right. If you go through a router on your network, it's probably setup for DHCP which is normal but your machine most likely doesn't support it. So you are setup with a static IP address on your printer and when a DHCP supported device connects to the router, it gives out an IP automatically. If the router isn't setup to reserve the static IP address of the printer, it will give it out to another device like a cell phone connecting to the wifi or a new computer on the network. That's where the conflict happens. You can't have two devices on the network with the same IP.

 

[J Hill Designs]

you should be able to go into your router through a browser and set a static IP for the printer so DHCP won't give it out to anything else