>We have a Canon Pixma MP780 which says it's a multifunction printer/ >copier/fax machine but I can't work out how to plug it in to make the >fax work. Can anyone assist? We have at the moment a line going to >the modem and another going to the answering machine. What do I plug >in where? I've tried a few combinations with no luck so far. > >Also I understand that it should work to plug the printer in to the >Airport Express but when I do that the Airport Express disappears. >Any clues? > >We have a Powerbook and Ibook running Tiger 10.4.4 connected to the >Airport Express. > > Rosemary Horton
Hi Rosemary, We have come across this problem with many USB print servers. A good deal of the USB Multifunctionals will generally not work on a USB print server although some can be printed to. This goes for most print servers. In fact there are a number of printers that won't work as well, generally GDI printers or CAPT from Canon, as they have proprietary commands. We've had a Canon printer (LBP-2410) just not work with anything. I have also had some issues with print servers "disappearing". They can be touchy about the sequence of powering up. For instance, I spent an hour once with a usb print server and Canon ip3000, where the print server was visible on the network, but once I plugged in the printer, the printer LED started flashing orange. Eventually worked out, turn off print server, turn on printer, WAIT until printer had gone through warm up sequence and LED was solid green, THEN turn on PS. It may be different for the Airport Express. Have a look at this from Apple; http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=107418 And this is interesting from Netgear; http://kbserver.netgear.com/inquira/default.asp?ui_mode=answer&prior_transac tion_id=560299&action_code=5&highlight_info=16777319,210,225&turl=http%3A%2F %2Fkbserver.netgear.com%2Fkb_web_files%2FN101531.asp&answer_id=231170137#__h ighlight Regards, Stuart Stuart Evans Managing Director AppleCentre Albany T4 Technology Shop 6, 69 Lockyer Avenue ALBANY WA 6330 AUSTRALIA Phone: 08 9842 9660 Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
