All, The "Engine Communication Error" for the HP printers re-appeared on Monday. HP customer support basically says this is a network issue and thus we cannot help you.
According to the printer's "Wireless Network Test Report," the printer sees more than one AP with the same SSID which "may cause network issues." But, this is not really a problem, it is by design. Any ideas? For testing, I have one of the printers wired to the same VLAN as the wireless users. I am trying to determine if it is a wireless problem or a density issue on the Bonjour domain. If it is wireless issue, wiring all the printers will not be a fix as some of the printers are in areas without jacks. Does anyone know of an Enterprise level printer with AirPrint? On a related note, is there a way to control BonJour domains? While I could use VLANs to reduce the number of BonJour devices in a domain, I am concerned that this will inhibit mobility. For example, if I create a VLAN per building or building area, then devices would have to get a new IP when they move out of the area. If I create VLANs based upon user groups, then I will have problems with Bonjour devices that households share. Within a single apartment, we could have one person who is Faculty in department X, another a spouse from department Y, and kids who just want to stream their music to the speakers. While I could create a Bonjour gateway (avahi) to assist Bonjour to cross VLANs, I foresee that becoming a logistical nightmare if I would have to use ACLs to control who can get to X device but not Y. Thank you, Christina Klam Network Engineer Institute for Advanced Study Email: [email protected] Einstein Drive Telephone: 609-734-8154 Princeton, NJ 08540 Fax: 609-951-4418 On 03/23/2013 12:00 AM, WIRELESS-LAN automatic digest system wrote: > There is 1 message totalling 34 lines in this issue. > > Topics of the day: > > 1. AirPrint Printing to HP LaserJet 100 > > ********** > Participation and subscription information for this EDUCAUSE Constituent > Group discussion list can be found at http://www.educause.edu/groups/. > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > Date: Fri, 22 Mar 2013 08:44:12 -0400 > From: Christina Klam <[email protected]> > Subject: AirPrint Printing to HP LaserJet 100 > > Lee, > > Thank you for the url. However, it does not answer why iPads and > laptops are not having problems with AirPrinting to the LaserJets but > iPhones consistently do. That being said, since writing to the > listserv, the AirPrint issue on the iPhones has seem to have > mysteriously disappeared. : -) > > --Christina > >> Date: Thu, 21 Mar 2013 00:45:06 +0000 >> From: Lee H Badman <[email protected]> >> Subject: Re: AirPrint Printing to HP LaserJet 100 >> >> http://support.apple.com/kb/ht4356. In case you've not seen it. >> >> Lee H. Badman >> Network Architect/Wireless TME >> ITS, Syracuse University >> 315.443.3003 >> > > ********** > Participation and subscription information for this EDUCAUSE Constituent > Group discussion list can be found at http://www.educause.edu/groups/. > > ------------------------------ > > End of WIRELESS-LAN Digest - 21 Mar 2013 to 22 Mar 2013 (#2013-54) > ****************************************************************** > ********** Participation and subscription information for this EDUCAUSE Constituent Group discussion list can be found at http://www.educause.edu/groups/.
