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.
Aha, I finally found the manual setup for network printer after clicking "Expert mode". Right after giving the printer a name (but before telling mandrake what make/model it is), I get the same error as when I was trying to setup the printer as locally connected via parallel port.
"Failed to configure printer "Printer""
I setup a MDK91 system last year to print through the same model of dlink router and it works fine. I have also configured locally connected printers on MDK91. This computer is different because it did not have any printers setup when I did the upgrade to MDK92. Now I am unable to setup a printer (either local or remote) on this system. Perhaps some component is missing from this system - how do I check for that?
Frank
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