OK, that was my error.  You typed "router," I read "printer."  My objection is 
invalid.

The problem with your setup is that the USB port on your router is made 
strictly for storage devices, not printers.  

Your printer is USB only, meaning that it doesn't have internal coding to 
interpret network-style print traffic.  If you want to run it over a network, 
you need to attach it to something that simulates a local computer with printer 
sharing.  Your router doesn't provide this service, as it's not built to host 
printers.  The fact that the printer manages to "show up" as a Bonjour device 
is simply an artifact of the implementation.  You won't be able to talk to it.  

If you need to make this work for physical-space reasons, you'll have to add a 
box like this 
<https://www.monoprice.com/product?p_id=5342&gclid=EAIaIQobChMIuZKdl7uQ3AIVDcpkCh3DCAA-EAQYASABEgLt4vD_BwE>
 that performs exactly this conversion — for $17, not an expensive solution.


> On Jul 8, 2018, at 2:10 PM, Macs R We <[email protected]> wrote:
> 
> 
>> Printer is USB only.
>> 
>> The router in question has a USB port, and support for network printing. It 
>> exposes the printer to the network as Bonjour.
> 
> Over what?  The USB port?  
> 
> This makes no sense.  It's like saying that my car is "aviation-capable" 
> because it has an artificial horizon gauge, even though it lacks wings.
> 
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