--- Gretchen Summers <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Well, I thought I could print from the Dell. One > test page, and that's > it. Now I can't get it to do anything.
Did you set the JetDirect to a static IP or leave it using DHCP? Remember I mentioned that leaving the print server getting its IP from DHCP could lead to it deciding to not work if it gets assigned a different IP. > OSX still has AppleTalk, but if I'm printing over a > wireless network, > why would I select ethernet? And, the "chooser" > doesn't exist in OSX. > Now there is a printer setup utility. OK, try setting AppleTalk to whichever network port or whichever you're using to network to the PC end of things. > I have the printer's drivers installed, and the > latest firmware for the > JetDirect. No, the printer is not a PostScript > printer, but neither is > my Brother HL-1440, and I have that working. Nifty, no PostScript. I wonder if this printer to work with a Mac must be directly connected to the Mac? I seem to recall reading something on a review website about there being a network addon for the printer that isn't the Brother? How about moving the Brother to the JetDirect by the PC and the other printer by and connected to the iMac? Just to see if the PC can print to it as it can the Brother on the iMac and if the iMac can use the Brother via the JetDirect. If that works, all it changes is which way you have to walk when you print to each printer from the computer not near the printer you printed to. ;) Since I don't know the intricate details of OSX, that's pretty much the end of what I can troubleshoot on it without hands and eyeballs physically on scene. Were I on location I could most likely get it working. (I shot printer troubles the first time I ever laid hands on a Mac, only took a few minutes. I was impressed at how simple it was even though I knew nada about Macs at that time.) Were this my situation, I'd have stuck both printers somewhere between the two computers, connected both to a 3 port JetDirect then connected that to a wireless network box via Ethernet cable. :) P.S. Anyone have a need for a Linksys cable/DSL router? If your brodband provider will only let you use a locked down, password protected "modem" that can only be connected directly to one computer, this plugs in between the modem and your LAN so all computers on the LAN can share the broadband. :) Has a 10 megabit Ethernet port for the WAN connect and a 10/100 port for the LAN connect and some blinking lights on the front. I'll let it go cheap, make me an offer. ===== Say hello to Juror #49. Yep, I'm on jury duty until the end of March. Gotta call in each weekend. Fun. __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! SiteBuilder - Free web site building tool. Try it! http://webhosting.yahoo.com/ps/sb/ -- Mac-N-DOS is sponsored by <http://lowendmac.com/> and... / Buy books, CDs, videos, and more from Amazon.com \ / <http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/redirect-home/lowendmac> \ Support Low End Mac <http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html> Mac-N-DOS list info: <http://lowendmac.com/lists/mac-n-dos.shtml> --> AOL users, remove "mailto:"; Send list messages to: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To unsubscribe, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> For digest mode, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subscription questions: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Archive: <http://www.mail-archive.com/mac-n-dos%40mail.maclaunch.com/> Using a Mac? Free email & more at Applelinks! http://www.applelinks.com
