Re: [newbie] Printing to print server not working - SOLVED
Thanks all who replied. The solution was to use cups and define the printer as an LPR:\\192.168.x.x\lp and use the use the HP laserjetIIIP generic driver. Then in case there are any other real newbies out there I also had a deskjet 720 installed on myparallel port which was the default. In order to make the laserjet the defaultI entered lp -d HP (HP = the name I gave the lasrejet). One more small problem solved. You people all rave about LINUX and put down the WINDOxx (I won't even say the name) BUT things sure are a whole lot easier in DOZE. Believe me I hate microsoft and the doze family but sure like the ease of use. There is a real high learning curve. But I'll stick with it as long as I have you people to help me. Steve Linux user number 344404 ---Original Message--- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: 02/05/04 09:07:24 To: newbie linux-mandrake Subject: [mandrake] Re: [newbie] Printing to print server not working On Thu, 2004-02-05 at 12:01, Bryan Phinney wrote: On Wednesday 04 February 2004 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 ipaddress 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. You were right, lp is the queue name.I had an old 704P and had it setup and printing with an HP Deskjet printer.Since then, I have changed printers and routers so I don't use it anymore.Concept is the same though, LPR printer, IP address of the router and lp for queue name should work, if it doesn't then I can try to help you troubleshoot it. BTW, based on my experience, using the router as a print server is only useful under windows.Under windows, the computer that the printer is connected to slows down when others are printing to it (Possibly higher resolutions supported under windows or postscript drivers rather than pcl drivers). Using a Linux machine for the print server, I never had that problem with a shared printer. I have a netgear print server attached to a router and this link tells how to set it up. http://www.aplawrence.com/Linux/netgearcups.html Worked like a dream first time - might help tho hardware differs. david
Re: [newbie] Printing to print server not working
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 Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] Printing to print server not working
On Wednesday 04 February 2004 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. You were right, lp is the queue name. I had an old 704P and had it setup and printing with an HP Deskjet printer. Since then, I have changed printers and routers so I don't use it anymore. Concept is the same though, LPR printer, IP address of the router and lp for queue name should work, if it doesn't then I can try to help you troubleshoot it. BTW, based on my experience, using the router as a print server is only useful under windows. Under windows, the computer that the printer is connected to slows down when others are printing to it (Possibly higher resolutions supported under windows or postscript drivers rather than pcl drivers). Using a Linux machine for the print server, I never had that problem with a shared printer. -- Bryan Phinney Software Test Engineer Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] Printing to print server not working
On Thu, 2004-02-05 at 12:01, Bryan Phinney wrote: On Wednesday 04 February 2004 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. You were right, lp is the queue name. I had an old 704P and had it setup and printing with an HP Deskjet printer. Since then, I have changed printers and routers so I don't use it anymore. Concept is the same though, LPR printer, IP address of the router and lp for queue name should work, if it doesn't then I can try to help you troubleshoot it. BTW, based on my experience, using the router as a print server is only useful under windows. Under windows, the computer that the printer is connected to slows down when others are printing to it (Possibly higher resolutions supported under windows or postscript drivers rather than pcl drivers). Using a Linux machine for the print server, I never had that problem with a shared printer. I have a netgear print server attached to a router and this link tells how to set it up. http://www.aplawrence.com/Linux/netgearcups.html Worked like a dream first time - might help tho hardware differs. david Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
[newbie] Printing to print server not working
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 Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
