Using the D-Link Router DIR-655 in order to set up wireless printing

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Using the D-Link Router DIR-655 in order to set up wireless printing

Hi, I have a newly purchased D-Link Router, DIR-655, and it had a USB port which enables NAS. However, I was wondering if I would be able to set up my printer, an HP P1005, in order to print wirelessly. I plugged in the printer's usb cable into the router and I refreshed my airport. It found a "printer server" and I connected to it. However I'm now oblivious to the next step I must take in order to set up this wireless printer network.

Any help/advice would be awesome

Thanks. 🙂

MacBook Pro 2.4 GHz 15'', Mac OS X (10.5.6), Router: D-Link DIR-655, Printer: HP P1005

Posted on Apr 20, 2009 12:34 AM

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Apr 20, 2009 1:53 AM in response to Crammarc

have you tried System Preferences > Print & Fax?

Open that panel and you may be lucky enough to see it already recognised. If not, click on the + below the printers window and select the protocol offered. If that printer is on, it should show up.

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Apr 20, 2009 2:36 PM in response to Graham K. Rogers

yeah I have checked under Printer & Fax. The printer I used is there however only as the wired usb set up. When I hit the + symbol to add a printer, it doesn't recognize anything else...I'm beginning to think that using the DIR-655 USB port for NAS and wireless printing isn't compatible with OS X...

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Apr 20, 2009 6:42 PM in response to Crammarc

That is of course possible. One hears that D-Link do not always play well with Macs, although my ADSL modem/router is fine. I connect my HP printer using Apple's Airport Express (that has a USB port) and maybe that is part of the installation of that device.

Have you turned on the printer sharing features in System Preferences >Sharing or even the Windows Printer.

You mention the Port number: is the firewall allowing access to that port?

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