How to print a configuration page for older HP printers

Older HP printers don’t have a big display and it’s hard to view or change the settings inside. To setup a network printer, you will know the IP of the printer so you can map it from computers. In order to get the IP from the HP printers, you will need to set the “config by” method to DHCP and let the printer grabs an IP from the network then you can print a configuration page.

A configuration page shows all network information such as printer IP, MAC address, subnet mask, gateway and hostname. Once you get the IP address from the printer, you can then change the DHCP to manual so it won’t change the IP.

This article describes how to print a configuration page for HP Laserjet 5, 4000, 4050 and 4100. To print a config page, follow these instructions.

1. Make sure the printer is on and the READY message is displayed.
2. Press [Menu] until the display reads INFORMATION MENU.
3. Press [Item] until the display reads PRINT CONFIGURATION (or PRINT CONFIG PAGE).
4. Press [Select] to print. If necessary, press [Go] to bypass additional messages.
5. The Printer Configuration page(s) show how the printer is configured.

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