Can I use Wake-On-LAN with P1606dn Printer?

[Teflon22]

I have a P1606dn laser printer which is remotely located and the power is remotely switched. 

When it is first powered up, the button on the front has to be pressed to cajole the printer into life .  It lights up green and we are good to go.  After this, even if it has dropped into power saving mode, sending a print commnad wakes it up and network printing works fine.

However, I want to do away with the walk to press the button when it is first powered up.  I've tried using a Wake-On-LAN command to the IP and MAC addess of the printer, but nothing happens. 

I realise I could leave it permananetly powered but don't want to do this because there are other devices on the same supply that need to be turned off at night.

How can I get it to wake up remotely?

many thanks.

[jason_h]

Whenever power is first applied to the P1606dn, that has been in a no-power state, the unit is turned Off. The unit's power light may be on, but the unit itself is off. Whenever you press the button, then the unit goes through the power up and obtains the IP address to function.

Hope this helps.

[jason_h]

As to Wake-On-Lan, I have not found any documentation either to support or refute the unit's capacity to use this feature. I will let you know if I find any clear documentation.

[Teflon22]

Jason,

Many thanks for the effort so far.  I'll be interested in anything that you can find.

As an aid, I can tell you that the printer is set with a fixed IP so a WOL command would have no problem finding it.

[jason_h]

I have searched through all the documentation I can find on this model printer and cannot find any mention of support for Wake-on-LAN capability.

It appears that this model unit does not have this feature setup for it. I hope this helps.

[Teflon22 · Accepted solution]

Well, thanks for looking anyway.

It seems a strange design flaw that a printer has to be turned on manually before it works, but I guess I'll just have to put up with it.  The 15 year old Laserjet 4M-PS that it replaced didn't cause this much fuss.  Progress!