Like Ivy74 said, software should account for this, but in my case it has not. Then your laptop tries to print, it looks for the printer at ".10", doesn't see it and thinks it's offline. So then the printer comes on later and says "I need a number" and it gives it ".11". So when your kid logs on with an iPad and that iPad says to the router "I need a number" the router gives the iPad ".10".
When the printer shuts down for the day, it lets go of that number. When your laptop looks for your printer for the first time, it finds it at ".10" and remembers that number. The router gives it a number, let's call it ".10". When your printer is turned on, it says hello to your router, and asks for a new IP (this is called dynamic IP). I changed it to static and now it works perfect.įor anyone who doesn't get this static/dynamic concept: Every device on your wifi network is given a number, called an IP address. The idea that it was a dynamic IP issue never occurred to me. Thank you!! You may have just solved a problem that has plagued us for a long time now! Our Canon printer worked perfect for a while, then some days it just would not print.
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