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Hi. Hope this is the right place to post this...
I am having problems adding a network printer and need some advice.
I have a MacBook Pro running OS X 10.4
It's wired to a Linksys router (BEFSR41 v3)
Also on that router I have a D-Link printer server (DP-300U)
Attached to the printer server on LPT2 is my old pal an HP 6P
The printer server is talking to the printer because I can get it to send a test page to the printer using its web browser config IP address. Obviously the router is talking to the printer server because I can access the server via the network. Problem is that I cannot figure out how to add a printer on my computer such that it will work properly. When ever I print the print job just hangs.
I have tried
1) selecting the printer from the Default Browser trying (a) AppleTalk (b) Bonjour and (c) selecting "More Printers" (using HP IP printing and manually specifying the IP address) but it does not locate the printer server
2) selecting IP Printer using each of the 3 protocols, providing the address and queue
... but none of this gets my printer working.
Oh yeah Apple Care can't/won't assist because there are too many 3rd party boxes between the MacBook and the printer.
Any advice would be greatly appreciated.
thanks.
Ross.
I am having problems adding a network printer and need some advice.
I have a MacBook Pro running OS X 10.4
It's wired to a Linksys router (BEFSR41 v3)
Also on that router I have a D-Link printer server (DP-300U)
Attached to the printer server on LPT2 is my old pal an HP 6P
The printer server is talking to the printer because I can get it to send a test page to the printer using its web browser config IP address. Obviously the router is talking to the printer server because I can access the server via the network. Problem is that I cannot figure out how to add a printer on my computer such that it will work properly. When ever I print the print job just hangs.
I have tried
1) selecting the printer from the Default Browser trying (a) AppleTalk (b) Bonjour and (c) selecting "More Printers" (using HP IP printing and manually specifying the IP address) but it does not locate the printer server
2) selecting IP Printer using each of the 3 protocols, providing the address and queue
... but none of this gets my printer working.
Oh yeah Apple Care can't/won't assist because there are too many 3rd party boxes between the MacBook and the printer.
Any advice would be greatly appreciated.
thanks.
Ross.