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Wow, I Can Access My Print Server After All
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I was all mopey that I couldn't access my HP JetDirect 130X print server with my Macintosh. Typing the print server's IP address into Safari or any other browser yielded a distressing "Macintosh OS is not supported to run this application" error. I found myself very unhappy with the thought that I'd have to borrow a WinTel doorstop whenever I wanted to reconfigure the blasted thing!
I'm surely no UNIX expert; nevertheless, it occurred to me, "Why not try the Terminal?" Noting that the print server's IP was 192.168.2.101, I opened up Terminal and typed:
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telnet 192.168.2.101
And it worked! There's a whole very clean interface for doing everything I need to do right there. Hooray! I guess the HP manuals were written long before OS X came on the scene. I'm psyched!
(Last edited by selowitch; Jan 26, 2005 at 12:31 PM.
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why not just switch your browser's user agent ID?
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Originally posted by The Oracle:
why not just switch your browser's user agent ID?
Would that work? If so, sure, why not? But I like this method because it's fast and easy. I'm not sure how one would change the User Agent ID. Perhaps that's a topic for another thread.
(Last edited by selowitch; Jan 26, 2005 at 12:33 PM.
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Originally posted by selowitch:
I'm surely no UNIX expert; nevertheless, it occurred to me, "Why not try the Terminal?" Noting that the print server's IP was 192.168.2.101, I opened up Terminal and typed:
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telnet 192.168.2.101
And it worked! There's a whole very clean interface for doing everything I need to do right there. Hooray! I guess the HP manuals were written long before OS X came on the scene. I'm psyched!
When you typed the address into Safari, it would try and connect to port 80 (HTTP) by default. Telnet defaults to port 23 (TELNET).
That's the reason why it worked using the terminal.
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Originally posted by Dog Like Nature:
When you typed the address into Safari, it would try and connect to port 80 (HTTP) by default. Telnet defaults to port 23 (TELNET).
That's the reason why it worked using the terminal.
So if I typed:
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telnet://192.168.0.101:23
in Safari, would that work equally well?
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Probably not. I don't think Safari supports Telnet. The printer has a web interface or you wouldn't have gotten a message like that. Type this into the terminal:
defaults write com.apple.Safari IncludeDebugMenu 1
...and then restart Safari. From the newly added Debug menu, select a different user agent. More info here:
http://www.macosxhints.com/article.p...40319224845605
-Scott
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