Unable to change IP address of LaserJet 5200tn (changes don't stick except first IP group)

[LarsHallstrom]

I have a single computer and a LaserJet 5200tn connected via a switch, and that's the entire network at present.

Computer:

   Autoconfiguration IPv4 Address. . : 169.254.219.187
   Subnet Mask . . . . . . . . . . . : 255.255.0.0

So the printer needs to be 169.254.x.x, and I am trying to set the printer's IP address using the control panel on the printer.

The printer was 10.120.43.52, which I have been able to change to 169.120.43.52, but no other changes stick. If I change the first IP group (10 -> 169 in this case) only, the change sticks, but if I change more groups, no changes stick, in spite of the message "Setting saved" when I confirm the last group. The changes are still there if I go right back into the IP ADDRESS menu selection, but if I go back to the READY screen by pressing the back button multiple times or by pressing  the Menu button, the changes are lost.

CONFIG METHOD in the control panel menu is set to MANUAL. I connected the printer with a USB cable, printed a test page and updated the firmware, but the problem persists.

[davidzuts]

Since you have an autoconfiguration of 169.254.219.187 on the computer I would think that is the address being assigned by your internet modem where you plugged the modem into a switch and the cable from the switch into the computer. This will not work. You need to have a internet router that will assign an ip address to both the printer and the computer. You can not use the ip address assigned by your internet provider as your network frame, it will not work. If this is your setup and the internet modem has a usb output to the pc use it and then use the switch to connect the printer and computer together using an assigned address to the computer of 10.120.43.51.