How to make MAC print to an network printer on a non default port.....

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How to make MAC print to an network printer on a non default port.....

Hello

I have a Gestetner 3235PCL printer at the office. The printer is on IP address 192.168.1.10 using Port 9101.

I can't seem to find a way to make the computer print to anything but the default port.
Any ideas if this is possible using a Mac?

MacBook Pro 13.3, Mac OS X (10.5.8)

Posted on Aug 21, 2009 12:40 PM

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Answer 1

micp

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Aug 21, 2009 1:43 PM in response to dmx11523

http://www.cups.org/index.php

http://gimp-print.sourceforge.net/MacOSX.php

These may help, but I'm afraid I don't have much for answers.

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Answer 2

Aug 21, 2009 3:03 PM in response to dmx11523

I am not certain, but you might try entering the IP address as 192.168.1.10:9101.

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PAHU

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Aug 21, 2009 5:20 PM in response to Bruce De Benedictis

Bruce is correct, but be certain you select IP > HP Jetdirect-Socket. Then enter the IP address with the port number separated by a colon " : ".

You could also use the CUPS web page to add the printer. At the Device menu, select 'Appsocket/HP Jetdirect' and then at the Device URI menu, after socket you can enter the IP address with port 9101, such as

socket://ip_address:9101/

Do you know if the printer is using a Fiery controller? I know the Fiery's offer three ports alternate to 9100 so that you can connect to a specific queue. 9100 will print to whatever has been selected as the default queue in the controller config, such as print, while 9101, 9102 and 9103 are the direct, print and hold queues respectively.

Pahu

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