Work around - Airlink101 AMPS230 Print Server and Macbook (MACOSX)

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Work around - Airlink101 AMPS230 Print Server and Macbook (MACOSX)

Airlink101 AMPS230 does not have drivers for MAC OSX. I had to install VMWare Fusion + windows XP (or Vista). Macbook + VMWare (network) assigns a dynanic IP address for the Airlink. my Belkin wireless router IP address is 192.168.2.### however, VMWare create a VM network and assign 192.168.###.### for the network of windows XP in VMWare fusion session. This is the reason why I can not print from Windows XP in VMWare to Canon MF4350D. After manual change the TCP/IP address of the windows XP to 192.168.2.## with default DSN to 192.168.2.1 (belkin default IP address). this will allow me to print from Macbook to Canon MF4350D with Airlink101 AMPS230 Print Server.

I always need to print a document on Macbook session to a PDF, and save it in VMWare share folder. and then print it from windows XP in VMWare.

Hopefully Airlink101 will has drivers for Mac OS soon.

Macbook - Airlink101 AMPS230 - Canon MF4350D, Mac OS X (10.5.7), Airlink101 AMPS230

Posted on Jun 6, 2009 2:11 PM

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Jun 7, 2009 2:42 AM in response to babylac

A solution could be to give this device an IP outside the DHCP scope your router is serving and then print to it using one of the many protocols it supports. Still you'd need to find the right driver, but chances are it'll happily support the driver of the printer that sits behind it.
I don't think there'll ever be a Macintosh driver version: If you look at the date of the windows installer executable, this thing is already two years old. They don't even provide updates for Windows...

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