That would only be the case when the the power is off long enough for temporary reservation created by the DHCP server expires. There is a problem with static addresses is that if the DHCP server does not know to reserve that address, it could easily assign that address to another device.
Most quality corporate IT personnel that I have worked with have had me set the machine up using DHCP. They would then set a permanent reservation. That avoided both potential problems though there would still be the problem of devices, often laptops, that connected with static addresses that the IT did not know about.
That's pretty slick and I just tried your setup here at the shop and it worked great. And you're correct that it would be quick to do an upgrade and simply use the hostname instead of the IP address because no matter the IP address of the MFP, it's gonna be resolved to the hostname.
The only potential problem you may run into is if the dns record get twisted up and then they wouldn't be able to print. That's the only advantage that a static IP would have over your config.
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I had a county water agency that switched from using the county's IT to using a local service, county often took 2 or 3 days to send someone out and the local took 1 or 2 hours. We put in a new Ricoh color MFP and the next day they couldn't print. When i got there I noticed an IP conflict message on the bottom of the screen. With a little network searching I discovered that somewhere in the building was a VPN that the county used to access water usage reports that was using the IP address I was initially given plus the next 2 for remote access.
I've ran into it where the wired and wireless DHCP addresses don't sync up properly and you end up with a duplicate IP even though both devices are on DHCP... arguing with IT over issues like that is the best when they refuse to admit the issue is on their side and expect you to prove it to them before they consider lifting a finger
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It's been interesting reading about the different ways to configure a copier to print.
-DHCP reservations
-Print to hostname
-Static IP address
I think all of those are pretty rock solid options but if you put a gun to my head and forced me to pick the most reliable? I'm going with static IP address.
Disclaimer: In slim's scenario where the customer kept changing ISP providers, that wouldn't be ideal.
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