Ethernet Printer with fixed IP time out

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stickerhed

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I have a large format digital printer that is connected via ethernet cable directly to my pc (Win 7 64 bit) It makes its own web page to control the printer and after about 30 sec. of no activity it will time out and take about a minute to connect again. Does anyone have a clue what I've done wrong?
 
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If by direct connection, you mean with a cross over cable between lan ports, this can happen as it may not be getting a stay alive signal.

More likely you just need to amend the power down time-out within the printers web configuration interface, this is what a printer is supposed to do to reduce power usage and wear when idle.
 
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I've made sure that Windows doesn't manage the power settings on the NIC card it is plugged into and the printer hasn't had any firmware updates or changes in over a year. It never used to do this until I changed the PC it was connected to. I sold the old PC so it is impossible to compare settings but the IP address is the same and the OS was the same
 
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