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Question posted by dsnajgraver on June 16th, 2014

What Is The Default Ip For Hp Deskjet 6988

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Answer #1: Posted by freginold on July 18th, 2014 12:46 PM

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Hi, by default, your Deskjet is set up to use DHCP to request an IP address, so it doesn't have a specific IP that it will use by default. To find out what the current IP address is, you can print out a config page, which will have the IP address listed on it.

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Network Guide - Page 12

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Network Guide - Page 16

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Network Guide - Page 20

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Network Guide - Page 24

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Network Guide - Page 26

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Setup Guide - Page 13

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User Guide - Macintosh - Page 42

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User Guide - Pre-Windows 2000 - Page 38

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User Guide - Pre-Windows 2000 - Page 40

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User Guide - Pre-Windows 2000 - Page 60

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User Guide - Windows 2000 - Page 38

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User Guide - Windows 2000 - Page 40

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User Guide - Windows 2000 - Page 60

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