{"id":55,"date":"2011-04-25T22:32:01","date_gmt":"2011-04-26T02:32:01","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.project107.net\/?p=55"},"modified":"2013-04-08T22:22:56","modified_gmt":"2013-04-09T02:22:56","slug":"hp-laserjet-5si-on-mac-os-x","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.project107.net\/blog\/hp-laserjet-5si-on-mac-os-x\/","title":{"rendered":"HP LaserJet 5si on Mac OS X"},"content":{"rendered":"

To use an HP LaserJet 5si on Mac OS X over the network, you must first use the keypad on the printer to assign it an IP. I chose 192.168.1.2 so it could be next in line after the router. Then in OS X, go to System Preferences-> Print & Fax-> Add new<\/code>
\nClick the IP icon at the top and use these settings:<\/p>\n

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Naturally, you can name it whatever you want. Mine’s in the basement, so that’s it’s name.
\nAll of this couldn’t be more straightforward until you go to print a test page using the default driver OS X selects for you (the HP 5si driver – seems right, yes?). When you print, you’ll get Post Script garbage and tons of blank pages until you quit the job.<\/p>\n

To get my printer to work, I needed to use the Gutenprint v5.2.3 driver, which is installed with OS X.
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It’s smooth sailing from here and now this beast of a printer can serve me well into the future…living under the stairs in the basement.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

To use an HP LaserJet 5si on Mac OS X over the network, you must first use the keypad on the printer to assign it an IP. I chose 192.168.1.2 so it could be next in line after the router. Then in OS X, go to System Preferences-> Print & Fax-> Add new Click the … Continue reading HP LaserJet 5si on Mac OS X<\/span> →<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_editorskit_title_hidden":false,"_editorskit_reading_time":0,"_editorskit_is_block_options_detached":false,"_editorskit_block_options_position":"{}","footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-55","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-tech"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.project107.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/55","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.project107.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.project107.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.project107.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.project107.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=55"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"http:\/\/www.project107.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/55\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":167,"href":"http:\/\/www.project107.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/55\/revisions\/167"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.project107.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=55"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.project107.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=55"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.project107.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=55"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}