Printing through Synology DS-101 -> nothing happens

Thanks for the tip regarding CUPS/Generic driver vs. non-postscript printer. It did not do the trick alone though and I've still got some work to do to get this working.

AppleTalk is on in Network prefs - but no zones are showing - and I do not know if this is perfectly normal behavior or if there should be something there. I've tried to use the HP Jetdirect protocol and it issues a completely different error - which I think I've seen somewhere else in this forum...

"Networkhost [IP] is in use; trying again in XX seconds..."

I think this maybe has to do with some missing usercredentials to do - but can one set credentials on a printerproperty somewhere?

AppleTalk is only active on the AirPort connection (which is the only one this Mac is using).

I've tried something entirely different - as I found out that I could connect to the printer as a 'Windows-printer'.

When trying to connect to the 'Windows-printer' (usbprinter) it asks for user-credentials - if I choose 'guest' without a password (default value) this is what the Mac-errorlog shows:

I [06/Sep/2008:00:03:59 +0200] [Job 36] Adding start banner page "none".
I [06/Sep/2008:00:03:59 +0200] [Job 36] Adding job file of type application/postscript.
I [06/Sep/2008:00:03:59 +0200] [Job 36] Adding end banner page "none".
I [06/Sep/2008:00:03:59 +0200] [Job 36] Queued on "usbprinter" by "Claus".
I [06/Sep/2008:00:03:59 +0200] [Job 36] Started filter /usr/libexec/cups/filter/pstoappleps (PID 153)
I [06/Sep/2008:00:03:59 +0200] [Job 36] Started filter /usr/libexec/cups/filter/pstocupsraster (PID 154)
I [06/Sep/2008:00:03:59 +0200] [Job 36] Started filter /Library/Printers/Brother/Filter/rastertobrother1030 (PID 155)
I [06/Sep/2008:00:03:59 +0200] [Job 36] Started backend /usr/libexec/cups/backend/smb (PID 156)
E [06/Sep/2008:00:04:00 +0200] [Job 36] Session setup failed: NT STATUS_LOGONFAILURE
E [06/Sep/2008:00:04:00 +0200] [Job 36] Session setup failed: NT STATUS_LOGONFAILURE
I [06/Sep/2008:00:04:04 +0200] [Job 36] Completed successfully.

...and the Diskstation clearly 'sees' the entering as this shows in the log there:

2008/09/06 00:03:32 guest Windows client [guest] from [MAC0022412D96A5(IP:10.0.0.7)] accessed the shared folder [usbprinter].

...but no document (Mac-testpage) is leaving the printer (using CUPS driver for HL-1430)

Trying to print another testpage using a registered user on the Diskstation, the log instead shows this on the Mac:

I [06/Sep/2008:00:10:18 +0200] [Job 37] Adding start banner page "none".
I [06/Sep/2008:00:10:18 +0200] [Job 37] Adding job file of type application/postscript.
I [06/Sep/2008:00:10:18 +0200] [Job 37] Adding end banner page "none".
I [06/Sep/2008:00:10:18 +0200] [Job 37] Queued on "usbprinter" by "Claus".
I [06/Sep/2008:00:10:18 +0200] [Job 37] Started filter /usr/libexec/cups/filter/pstoappleps (PID 170)
I [06/Sep/2008:00:10:18 +0200] [Job 37] Started filter /usr/libexec/cups/filter/pstocupsraster (PID 171)
I [06/Sep/2008:00:10:18 +0200] [Job 37] Started filter /Library/Printers/Brother/Filter/rastertobrother1030 (PID 172)
I [06/Sep/2008:00:10:18 +0200] [Job 37] Started backend /usr/libexec/cups/backend/smb (PID 173)
I [06/Sep/2008:00:10:19 +0200] [Job 37] Completed successfully.

...and the log on the Diskstation:

2008/09/06 00:09:50 "User" Windows client ["User"] from [MAC0022412D96A5(IP:10.0.0.7)] accessed the shared folder [usbprinter].

...still nothing from the printer...

Finally - when trying to print a Word-document with one simple text-string, it seems that I cannot use the 'guest'-account (the credential request keeps popping up), I cannot use the registrered user from before (same request), the credential-request first stops when I add user-credentials from another Diskstation-registered user - as this Mac-log shows:

E [06/Sep/2008:00:13:15 +0200] Print-Job: Unauthorized
E [06/Sep/2008:00:13:15 +0200] Invalid peer credentials for "Claus" - got 1298624105, expected 501!
E [06/Sep/2008:00:13:15 +0200] Print-Job: Unauthorized
E [06/Sep/2008:00:13:15 +0200] Invalid peer credentials for "Claus" - got 1298624105, expected 501!
E [06/Sep/2008:00:13:15 +0200] Print-Job: Unauthorized
E [06/Sep/2008:00:13:15 +0200] Invalid peer credentials for "Claus" - got 1298624105, expected 501!
E [06/Sep/2008:00:13:15 +0200] Print-Job: Unauthorized
E [06/Sep/2008:00:13:29 +0200] cupsdAuthorize: pam_authenticate() returned 7 (Authentication failure)!
E [06/Sep/2008:00:13:29 +0200] Print-Job: Unauthorized
E [06/Sep/2008:00:13:29 +0200] cupsdAuthorize: pam_authenticate() returned 7 (Authentication failure)!
E [06/Sep/2008:00:13:29 +0200] Print-Job: Unauthorized
E [06/Sep/2008:00:13:38 +0200] cupsdAuthorize: pam_authenticate() returned 7 (Authentication failure)!
E [06/Sep/2008:00:13:38 +0200] Print-Job: Unauthorized
E [06/Sep/2008:00:13:38 +0200] cupsdAuthorize: pam_authenticate() returned 7 (Authentication failure)!
E [06/Sep/2008:00:13:38 +0200] Print-Job: Unauthorized
E [06/Sep/2008:00:13:45 +0200] cupsdAuthorize: pam_authenticate() returned 7 (Authentication failure)!
E [06/Sep/2008:00:13:45 +0200] Print-Job: Unauthorized
E [06/Sep/2008:00:13:45 +0200] cupsdAuthorize: pam_authenticate() returned 7 (Authentication failure)!
E [06/Sep/2008:00:13:45 +0200] Print-Job: Unauthorized
I [06/Sep/2008:00:14:05 +0200] [Job 38] Adding start banner page "none".
I [06/Sep/2008:00:14:05 +0200] [Job 38] Adding job file of type application/pdf.
I [06/Sep/2008:00:14:05 +0200] [Job 38] Adding end banner page "none".
I [06/Sep/2008:00:14:05 +0200] [Job 38] Queued on "usbprinter" by "Claus".
I [06/Sep/2008:00:14:05 +0200] [Job 38] Started filter /usr/libexec/cups/filter/cgpdftoraster (PID 186)
I [06/Sep/2008:00:14:05 +0200] [Job 38] Started filter /Library/Printers/Brother/Filter/rastertobrother1030 (PID 187)
I [06/Sep/2008:00:14:05 +0200] [Job 38] Started backend /usr/libexec/cups/backend/smb (PID 188)
I [06/Sep/2008:00:14:06 +0200] [Job 38] Completed successfully.

Log from the Diskstation:

2008/09/06 00:13:37 "Another user" Windows client ["Another user"] from [MAC0022412D96A5(IP:10.0.0.7)] accessed the shared folder [usbprinter].

...still nothing from the printer...

Now - it would of course had been nice if one could see what happens with this printjob on the Diskstation - as it seems that the job is somehow entering the queue. Not a page has left the printer trying from this Mac-computer and I can print without any trouble from Windows-PCs on the same network (both wireless as well as wired).

Anyone got a hint of what to look for to solve this (or can one just conclude that this printer is no-good using a Mac)?

Hmm...strange things DO happen...

In the end I solved this myself. It seems that the Diskstation is indeed capable of Mac-use (explained further below).

I tried to use one of Windows-PCs to check that it actually could print (now) - and it could not! Checking the queue showed unfinished printjobs queuing on the Diskstation (my wife had tried to print - and could not). Cancelled the unfinished jobs - checking printersettings on the PC. Printing testpage from PC.

Going back to my Mac I tried to print a testpage again (as LPD - Generic) - now all of a sudden the printer is spitting blank pages out (5 pages). Progress...

Deleting the printer (LPD - Generic) from my Mac and setting up a new LPD - using HL-1430 CUPS drivers instead - finally made the printer able to print a testpage from the Mac. Word prints fine from the Mac too... 😀

What puzzles me a bit is, that I've tried to cleanup spool space from the Diskstations webinterface (from the Mac) - but apparently there was still some unfinished printjobs cropping up on the Diskstation (from the PC)?? First after deleting these queued documents from the PC - and being able to print a testpage from the PC - it was now possible to print from the Mac?

Nevertheless - it works now and I am a happy man. I would like to say that printing was not possible using Generic Postscript Driver - but it was indeed possible with the HL-1430 CUPS driver. Maybe Synology should look into this and correct the helpfile?