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Article #638Re: Possible to connect HP LaserJet 1000 to Linksys wireless-G printserver?
From: JR K Yoshikawa
Date: Mon, 22 Dec 2003 00:38
Date: Mon, 22 Dec 2003 00:38
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Why don't you follow Linksys instruction? They ask defferent method on Quick install guide and user's guide. If youn use Windows Printer setup wizard, try install as local printer then select "Create a new port" : Type : Standard TCP/IP Port. then typeyour printserver IP and Port name. "Matthew" <wires8@yahoo.com> wrote in message news:2f41cf7d.0312211424.751d639c@posting.google.com... > I have been successful in configuring my PC to directly print to the > printer without the print server. Now I'm trying to configure > peer-to-peer printing with the print server. Let me describe the > different components involved and the results of trying to print. > Perhaps that will help. > > The print server: > It has a static IP address assigned to it. > It can be reached from a browser wirelessly. > It's in infrastructure mode. > WEP is enabled. > Physical printer port 2 (USB) is identified as being connected to the > LaserJet and its status is on-line. > > The PC: > > The Linksys PrintServer software is installed and it created a port > called LK95834_P2 which is attached to the LaserJet printer. > > The printer icon in the Start --> Settings --> Printers and Faxes > folder is configured to us the port LK95834_P2. Bi-directional > support is enabled. > > Attempting to print from Windows causes the print job to appear in the > print queue with a status of "spooling" then after a moment "Error - > Printing". Disabling spooling doesn't help. The job still appears in > the queue, but goes to a status of "Error - Printing" right away. > > I'm getting the feeling that it may no be a problem with the print > server not being able to see the printer, but in the way that jobs are > submitted to it. The LaserJet 1000 has a USB to serial cable which > includes some hardware built into the serial end of the cable where it > attaches to the printer that performs some document preparation > functions. The printer itself is very dumb. My guess is that the > hardware built into the cable needs to interact with the software > installed on the PC and the print server is preventing that. Anyone > know about HP printers and whether what I'm saying is true? Can the > print server allow the printer to communicate with the PC if that's > what it needs to do in order to print? Maybe I'm all wrong. Any > ideas? >
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