First day on a job and I see a new network printer setup. Instead of assigning a static IP address to the printer, he allows the printer to obtain a DHCP address, then sets reservation on it. It works, but I have always been a "static" person. Is there any benefit to his method besides having random IP address even if the printers are documented. "There's no such thing as a stupid question, only stupid people."

It centralizes the IP information and configuration. Really, it's just the same argument for DHCP.

Sorry if i didn't clarify, I usually have like to 50 IP addresses in DHCP for static stuff like servers, printers, etc. and have the rest be dynamic for computers only. Not being a snob in how I like to setup a network, but this was an interesting way of setting up network printers. This of course brings up the question of which is better static or dynamic with ip reservation for non-server equipment. "There's no such thing as a stupid question, only stupid people."

I think you meant to say your ip plan has ips that are statically assigned and not included in your dhcp scope. Since of course you would never use dhcp to assign routers/switches/servers ips. DHCP and reservations gives you a single control point for all of your ip. With static and dynamic ips you must visit the statically assigned pc any time you want to make changes to your ip plan. Whereas with a dhcp server you just make the changes there which is pretty handy in large installs. Imagine the power if you knew how to internet search