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User profile for user: CRO-CH
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Printing using a printer connected to a router - IP Printing

Greetings:

I am trying to assist a friend of mine with a technical problem. Let me first describe the environment:

- US Robotics MaxG router with wireless network and USB port to plug a printer.
- MacBook Pro with Tiger 10.4.11
- Canon MP210 printer.

Some basics:
- Printer works fine if attached to USB.
- Connectivity between MacBook and router is fine - in facts no problems to surf the Internet.

Problem:
We connected the Canon printer to the USB port on the router. The router configuration software indicated us the printer address: http://192.168.1.1:1631/printer/canon, it also indicates the printer is ready.

On Tiger we used the IP printing to configure. The problem is that there is no clean mention on how to write the address, we tried this:

- http://192.168.1.1:1631
- http://192.168.1.1:1631/printer/canon
- 192.168.1.1:1631
- 192.168.1.1

Once entered, the printer is all the time off-line - no communication with it.
To further complicate the things, the MP210 driver is never listed in the pulldown menu for available printers, despite the printer package has been installed.

Did anyone come across this problem before?

Best regards
Claudio

iMac 20" 2.0 GHz, Mac OS X (10.5.1), Mid 2007

Posted on Feb 13, 2008 5:00 PM

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User profile for user: Kappy
Kappy
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Feb 13, 2008 7:40 PM in response to CRO-CH

I believe the address you have is to access the printer's internal browser. Normally an IP printer is connected via Ethernet port, not USB. You need to consult with the router's user guide on how to access a USB connected printer. I would expect that if you open the Add printer dialog in Print & Fax and click on the Default icon in the toolbar, the printer may appear in the window. Click on it and then the driver should be found automatically if you have it installed.

If you do use IP printing then the printer must have an IP address configured or set up to use DHCP. If you configure an IP address then use LPD printing for the setup, not IPP.
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User profile for user: greg sahli
greg sahli
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Feb 13, 2008 8:28 PM in response to CRO-CH

The issue you are having is partly a driver issue. You must use a CUPS driver to use the standard CUPS network protocols in OS X. I think Canon released a CUPS driver in December for the MP210 - do you have that?

Then, about the address. USRobotics uses a non-standard port for the IPP protocol. Usually it's :631, but you'll notice that it's :1631 for USR. To do that in OS X, you need the "Advanced" protocol selections. In Printer Setup (10.4), click Add, then hold down the Option key and click More Printers. At the bottom of the first menu you will find the new item Advanced. Select that. Then in the second menu, you will find Internet Printing Protocol using http (or IPP - on OS X these are identical). Enter the URI:
http://192.168.1.1:1631/printers/canon -- in this case canon is the queue name.

HTH
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Printing using a printer connected to a router - IP Printing

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