On Sunday 11 January 2004 08:46 am, Frank Bax wrote:
> The print server is not connected to parallel port - it has it's own ip
> address. I am able to physically connect the printer to either print
> server or the parallel port, but cannot get either one to work. Mandrake
> 9.2 does not auto-detect either of these connections. When I try to
> manually setup a locally connected printer, I get the error in my first
> message. I have not been able to find the 'clues' that allow me to
> manually setup a printer connected to a dlink print server. Therefore, I
> seem to be unable to setup any kind of printer on MDK92.
From Dlink Tech support:
How can I print to my DI-704P, DI-713P, or DI-714P+ router using Linux?
The D-Link router is a port redirector. For Linux you should be printing to
the IP of the router (192.168.0.1) and the port named "lp" (lower case L and
P).
You need to set this up manually, Linux can not autodetect devices that are
directly on the router.
Also, check your printer type, there are an awful lot of consumer level
printers that are strictly designed to not work directly off a network
without some type of smart print server attached. People have reported
problems with caching of jobs, special instruction sets, etc. Dlink has a
large list of printers that they will tell you will cause problems attached
directly to the router.
--
Bryan Phinney
Software Test Engineer
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