On 2/4/2004 at 10:21 PM Steve Kaufman wrote: >I am trying to print to my d-link Router/printserver and can't see to get >it >to work. > >I am running MD9.2 and using a D-Ling DI-713P the P means that it is a >router with a printer port. Under windows I just set up a port and put in >the router base address and print to it. No problem. > >I tried the CUPS setup and it goes all the way through. I put in that it >was >an LPR printer and gave it the ip address but don't have a quename to give >it. I tried MCC add a printer but it can't see the printer so it won't let >me go farther. Also read a lot of man pages about lpr and print and other >stuff like that. Tried those things to no avail. > >If anyone can give me a hint on what to do I would appreciate it. Have done >the google think and don't seem to find anything. The d-link sit was not >much help either although I did fine one thing where it said to put in the >ip address and lp so I'm not that lp was the que name ot what. I have >switched back to my doze system so I can't test that right now. Will >tomorrow so I thought I would just drop this out to you helpfull people and >see what other ideas people have. > >By the way the printer I have attached to it is a HP Laserjet IIIP. > >TIA > > >Steve >Linux user number 344404
*********** REPLY SEPARATOR *********** Steve; I had a look at the unit on D-LINK's web-site and it doesn't seem to support any protocols other than Windows printing, that means SMB is your friend. The problem is that while it is accepting SMB connections, the print server is NOT broadcasting it's existance. Your best bet with this unit is to try the following; 1) Using the Windows software for the router, or the web-based interface, log into the router and configure it for your network. By the sounds of things that's already been done since you're using the router in Windows for printing. 2) Once you're logged into the router, go to each panel or page of the Interface where there is a space to enter a host name for the unit, and put in the following name exactly as I have it here in brackets - ( dlink_printer ) - don't include the brackets. 3) Make sure that the router has a static IP address - ie; "192.168.0.1" and a subnet that matches your network setup - ie; "255.255.255.0" 4) Boot your PC into Mandrake, and change to the root user. 5) In the "/etc" folder, find the file called "hosts", and add the following line to the file - "192.168.0.1 dlink_printer" , making sure that you leave a space between the IP address and the name of the router. Save and close the file. 6) In Mandrake Control Center, go to the Hardware section, then go to printers. Try setting up the printer using Windows SMB and it should give you a line to put in information about the location of the printer like this - "smb://" - Note that you may only see this type of entry if you are in expert or advanced mode. When you get this option, enter the name "dlink_printer" without the quotes, and make sure that it's exactly the way you typed it in the "/etc/hosts" file. 7) At the next section, you should be asked about the printer drivers for your printer so select the drivers for your HP printer. 8) Do a test page. 9) If it doesn't work, it's because Mandrake still can't see the router/printer-server, and chances are that it never will. There's no guarantee that it will work, but it's something you might try though. I had the exact same problem with another brand of "All in One" router, but I checked it out before buying to make sure it supported "LPD" or "CUPS". Once I found out what was needed, it took 3 minutes to set up on each of 5 Mandrake Systems. Good luck. Lanman
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