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Need help with an old networked printer



I just got a DEC LN17PS laser printer *very* cheap.  It has duplex printing, 
envelope printing, and a network card.  I want to set up CUPS on my Red hat 
7.3 box to talk to it.  The problem is, I can't figure out how to see/change 
the IP address of the network card.

I cannot find an online manual for this thing, and the ethernet config menu on 
it does not mention IP addresses.  I found references to it talking on port 
2501, but that's it.

PS- This is supposed to be the same thing as the Xeron 4517 (it uses the Xerox 
LN17 engine) and the IBM Network Printer 17.

BTW, I tried running tcpdump on my server's intranet card then turning the 
printer on, and saw activity that I simply cannot interpret.  For a sample 
see http://thekramers.net/tmp/decoutput.txt

Thanks.


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DDDD   David Kramer                   http://thekramers.net
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DKK D  regret it?"  Ford stood up.  "We're safe," he said.  "We are
DK KD  in a small galley cabin," said Ford,  in one of those 
DDDD   spaceships of the Vogon Construction Fleet."  "Ah." said 
       Arthur, "this is obviously some strange usage of the word 
       _safe_ that I wasn't previously aware of."
                 Douglas Adams, "Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy".




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