Pixma TR-8620a Auto On Problem

[jrhoffman75]

I have a TR-8620a connected via WiFi. Driver is installed on a MacBook Air M5.

Auto Power Off set to OFF and Auto ON activated.

Prints fine remotely from iPad, but when using MacBook printing won't start till I touch the LCD display to turn display on. LCD turns off probably within 30 minutes of being idle.

Had the printer for a number of years. Initially connected to a PC and I don't recall this problem. Been using it exclusively with MacBook for a number of months. I don't recall if this started right away with MacBook or developed. 

Any suggestions welcome. Thanks.

[jrhoffman75]

I don't see how to do that for an individual device.

[jrhoffman75]

I don't seem to have a page like you show. Similar, but no way to edit IP address. I selected the printer and edit and all it let me do is change and model info. And when I exit it isn't saved anyway.

I'll continue to see what I can find. Not a major issue since printer is only five feet from my keyboard. 

Thanks for your assistance Rick.

[shadowsports]

What model router is it John? I know it's Netgear.  Maybe I can find instructions.

[jrhoffman75]

https://www.downloads.netgear.com/files/GDC/CAX30/CAX30_UM_EN.pdf

Found this, but I didn't find a way coset address for a particular device.

[shadowsports]

Instructions start at the bottom of page 44 and continue on 45.

When you review the address reservation section press the +Add button.  On the next page, it'll show you a list of the attached devices with their IP and Mac address. Select the radio button for the entry you want to reserve.  Then down below you'll see fields where you can edit the device. Name, the IP address and the MAC address.  You can just copy and paste. You can give the device a friendly name if you like.  Once you save, The router does its little progress bar thing where you have to wait about a minute for everything to refresh.  Then uninstall the printer on your Mac,  restart Then reinstall as a TCP/IP printer.  You can confirm the printer is using the reserved IP by using Terminal or by entering the reserved address into a browser.  The printer's web server should display.  😉