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by lkspecial

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How can I find the Static IP address's of the printers on my network in an automated way. ie similar to the Network Administration Inventory script from the download section on this site.

I have an IP address change for the whole network soon . Would appriciate any help on this one.

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by l lynch

Most networking printers come with Software that you can view all of the printers and their IP addresses in the one window. If you have Lexmark printers you can use their Markvision software.

by christopher

useing a program like "What's Up Gold" (available for evalutio download - on ipswitch.com, i think?) will use SNMP,DNS, and other protocols to resolve ip's to names and type of devices. this will also resolve routers, switches and all types of devices out there. their are many programs like it, but it is what i prefer.

by joseph moore

Another way: You could export a piece of the Registry out from your Print Server(s) that contain the port information.
Open up Regedit and go to HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\windows NT\CurrentVersion\Ports. In this folder are every port you have installed on the machine.
You should see some IP addresses listed. These are the IP addresses for your installed printers.
Click File ->export and export the entire Ports folder.

Do this on all of your print servers. Then, go into the REG files these make by right-clicking and choose Edit.

Hope this helps.

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