HP LaserJet 4000 w/ ethernet

I have two of these old bad boys. One of them has the built in network card.
I was able to telnet into it and get it up and running. However, I remember
from the old days, there was a program that would allow me to customize
several aspects of the printer, such as the LCD display message and the
like.

Does anyone know what that program was or where I can find it? I'm using a
Mac OS X machine with it, but I have Windows XP on it, if I need to use
that.

Thanks,
--
Dave

David,

Go to the HP web site and search for "Install Network Printer Wizard". It
works nicely... Ben Myers

On Wed, 09 Jan 2008 02:24:46 GMT, David Leon <> wrote:

>I have two of these old bad boys. One of them has the built in network card.
>I was able to telnet into it and get it up and running. However, I remember
>from the old days, there was a program that would allow me to customize
>several aspects of the printer, such as the LCD display message and the
>like.
>
>Does anyone know what that program was or where I can find it? I'm using a
>Mac OS X machine with it, but I have Windows XP on it, if I need to use
>that.
>
>Thanks,

Ben Myers <> wrote:
>
>>I have two of these old bad boys. One of them has the built in network card.
>>I was able to telnet into it and get it up and running. However, I remember
>>from the old days, there was a program that would allow me to customize
>>several aspects of the printer, such as the LCD display message and the
>>like.
>>
>>Does anyone know what that program was or where I can find it? I'm using a
>>Mac OS X machine with it, but I have Windows XP on it, if I need to use
>>that.
>
> Go to the HP web site and search for "Install Network Printer Wizard". It
> works nicely... Ben Myers

Top-posting laboriously fixed. .gnitsop sdrawkcab fo modsiw eht
redisnocer esaelP

The network install wizard doesn't do a thing for setting the LCD
display. It's just a PJL (not PCL) sequence, which can be sent without
a program. For instance, in Perl:

perl -e 'print "\033%-12345X\@PJL RDYMSG DISPLAY = \"EXAMPLE\"\n"'

Without the string escapes, that's an escape (character 27, 0x1b, \033)
followed by

%-12345X@PJL RDYMSG DISPLAY = "EXAMPLE"

Send that string to the printer and the display shows EXAMPLE.

--
Warren Block * Rapid City, South Dakota * USA

I think there was a program called JetAdmin. It is no
longer supported by HP, but can be downloaded from other
sites.

It is a Windows program, I don't think there is a Mac version.

More recent models have a built in Web server, and can be
configured by any Web browser. I don't recall if the 4000 is
one of them.


Aidan Grey


On Wed, 09 Jan 2008 02:24:46 GMT, David Leon wrote:

>I have two of these old bad boys. One of them has the built in network card.
>I was able to telnet into it and get it up and running. However, I remember
>from the old days, there was a program that would allow me to customize
>several aspects of the printer, such as the LCD display message and the
>like.
>
>Does anyone know what that program was or where I can find it? I'm using a
>Mac OS X machine with it, but I have Windows XP on it, if I need to use
>that.
>
>Thanks,
>--
>Dave
>

I didn't say that the Network Printer Wizard would set the LCD display when I
top-posted last time. Perhaps I did not express myself clearly when I
top-posted last time. So in this top-posting let me state that the Network
Printer Wizard is very useful when one has a printer that does NOT have an LCD
display, like my LJ 2500N. If there is no LCD display, similar to the one in
the good quality monochrome LaserJets, the Network Printer Wizard is the easiest
way to set up the printer's IP address, subnet mask, gateway and other TCP/IP
attributes. I certainly find the Network Printer Wizard to be far less
laborious than either telnet or screwing around with the buttons next to the LCD
panel. It's major advantage is that one can find a JetDirect card by its MAC
address... Ben Myers

On Wed, 09 Jan 2008 16:14:36 -0000, Warren Block <> wrote:

>Ben Myers <> wrote:
>>
>>>I have two of these old bad boys. One of them has the built in network card.
>>>I was able to telnet into it and get it up and running. However, I remember
>>>from the old days, there was a program that would allow me to customize
>>>several aspects of the printer, such as the LCD display message and the
>>>like.
>>>
>>>Does anyone know what that program was or where I can find it? I'm using a
>>>Mac OS X machine with it, but I have Windows XP on it, if I need to use
>>>that.
>>
>> Go to the HP web site and search for "Install Network Printer Wizard". It
>> works nicely... Ben Myers
>
>Top-posting laboriously fixed. .gnitsop sdrawkcab fo modsiw eht
>redisnocer esaelP
>
>The network install wizard doesn't do a thing for setting the LCD
>display. It's just a PJL (not PCL) sequence, which can be sent without
>a program. For instance, in Perl:
>
>perl -e 'print "\033%-12345X\@PJL RDYMSG DISPLAY = \"EXAMPLE\"\n"'
>
>Without the string escapes, that's an escape (character 27, 0x1b, \033)
>followed by
>
> %-12345X@PJL RDYMSG DISPLAY = "EXAMPLE"
>
>Send that string to the printer and the display shows EXAMPLE.

Ben Myers <> wrote:
> On Wed, 09 Jan 2008 16:14:36 -0000, Warren Block <> wrote:

>>Top-posting laboriously fixed. .gnitsop sdrawkcab fo modsiw eht
>>redisnocer esaelP

>>The network install wizard doesn't do a thing for setting the LCD
>>display.

> I didn't say that the Network Printer Wizard would set the LCD display when I
> top-posted last time.

No, you didn't address that at all, so I did. It was not a slam, just
covering an omission.

> Perhaps I did not express myself clearly when I top-posted last time.

Top-posting destroys clarity, which is why I politely ask people to stop
doing it. Some choose to take offense where it isn't offered.

--
Warren Block * Rapid City, South Dakota * USA

In article <C3A98C8B.3E91A%>,
David Leon <> wrote:

> Does anyone know what that program was or where I can find it? I'm using a
> Mac OS X machine with it, but I have Windows XP on it, if I need to use
> that

Dave-

If you have the capability of running Classic mode on that Mac, you
should be able to run the HP program, HP LaserJet Utility.

I think it requires use of AppleTalk, so your network must be able to
pass AppleTalk packets over Ethernet. (Some routers won't.)

Fred

the internel jetdirect network card for the 4000 series has a built in web
server that runs a java application which allows you to configure the
machine. print a configuration sheet from the printer to determine the
current ip address of the jetdirect card and then direct your internet
browser to that address. it is definately worth upgrading the firmware in
the jet direct card for the latest version. donwloads available from
hp.com.

"David Leon" <> wrote in message
news:C3A98C8B.3E91A%...
>I have two of these old bad boys. One of them has the built in network
>card.
> I was able to telnet into it and get it up and running. However, I
> remember
> from the old days, there was a program that would allow me to customize
> several aspects of the printer, such as the LCD display message and the
> like.
>
> Does anyone know what that program was or where I can find it? I'm using a
> Mac OS X machine with it, but I have Windows XP on it, if I need to use
> that.
>
> Thanks,
> --
> Dave
>

Christopher,

In my experience, the web browser access works just fine when the JetDirect IP
address is in the same subnet as the computer doing the access. It is not so
fine when in a different subnet, and one wants to change the IP address. Or is
there something I should be doing differently? ... Ben Myers

On Thu, 10 Jan 2008 12:25:41 -0500, "Christopher Muto" <>
wrote:

>the internel jetdirect network card for the 4000 series has a built in web
>server that runs a java application which allows you to configure the
>machine. print a configuration sheet from the printer to determine the
>current ip address of the jetdirect card and then direct your internet
>browser to that address. it is definately worth upgrading the firmware in
>the jet direct card for the latest version. donwloads available from
>hp.com.
>
>"David Leon" <> wrote in message
>news:C3A98C8B.3E91A%...
>>I have two of these old bad boys. One of them has the built in network
>>card.
>> I was able to telnet into it and get it up and running. However, I
>> remember
>> from the old days, there was a program that would allow me to customize
>> several aspects of the printer, such as the LCD display message and the
>> like.
>>
>> Does anyone know what that program was or where I can find it? I'm using a
>> Mac OS X machine with it, but I have Windows XP on it, if I need to use
>> that.
>>
>> Thanks,
>> --
>> Dave
>>
>

true. the simplest way to handel that is set the pc to the same ip range as
the printer, connect to the printer, change the printers ip, and then reset
the pc ip back to whatever it was.
alternatively you can 'talk' to an ip in a different ip range with the use
of the map route command issues at a command prompt.

"Ben Myers" <> wrote in message
news:...
> Christopher,
>
> In my experience, the web browser access works just fine when the
> JetDirect IP
> address is in the same subnet as the computer doing the access. It is not
> so
> fine when in a different subnet, and one wants to change the IP address.
> Or is
> there something I should be doing differently? ... Ben Myers
>
> On Thu, 10 Jan 2008 12:25:41 -0500, "Christopher Muto"
> <>
> wrote:
>
>>the internel jetdirect network card for the 4000 series has a built in web
>>server that runs a java application which allows you to configure the
>>machine. print a configuration sheet from the printer to determine the
>>current ip address of the jetdirect card and then direct your internet
>>browser to that address. it is definately worth upgrading the firmware in
>>the jet direct card for the latest version. donwloads available from
>>hp.com.
>>
>>"David Leon" <> wrote in message
>>news:C3A98C8B.3E91A%...
>>>I have two of these old bad boys. One of them has the built in network
>>>card.
>>> I was able to telnet into it and get it up and running. However, I
>>> remember
>>> from the old days, there was a program that would allow me to customize
>>> several aspects of the printer, such as the LCD display message and the
>>> like.
>>>
>>> Does anyone know what that program was or where I can find it? I'm using
>>> a
>>> Mac OS X machine with it, but I have Windows XP on it, if I need to use
>>> that.
>>>
>>> Thanks,
>>> --
>>> Dave
>>>
>>