Network Printing... "Cannot Find Server"

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Network Printing... "Cannot Find Server"

I am having trouble in having my printer be a... "Network Printer"…. It is a HP Laserjet 2015 Printer.

I have a Mac OS version ~ 10.8.2.....

If i have the printer connect directly to the computer via USB, (with no network) the printer works fine, but if I try to set up a network using an Ethernet Cable from the printer to the Linksys E1200 Router, then I am unable to print. I get pages with Error messages.

When I run "Network Diagnostics"…. I get a….. "Cannot find Server"….. along with the message below….

Any suggestions?

Jim

Network Diagnostics

“Cannot Find Server”

This computer appears to have a working Internet connection, but cannot find “HP LaserJet 2015 (00110AB8E541)._printer._tcp.local.”. You may have typed the address incorrectly.

******************************************************************************** **********

On the Sidebar titled, “Network Status”

Wi-Fi is............……........ Green

Wi-Fi Settings is...…..... Green

Network Settings is…... Green

ISP is.....................……... Green

Internet is...............…..... Green

Server (Failed) is...……... Red

iMac (21.5-inch, Late 2012), OS X Mountain Lion (10.8.2)

Posted on Jan 23, 2013 5:00 AM

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rkaufmann87

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Jan 23, 2013 6:10 AM in response to Neophutos

You have to have the printer set up so the router sees it first, once it's connected to the router then OS X can see it. Follow HP's directions for connecting to a router but DO NOT install any HP software. Please carefully read Apple's Printing Overview OS X Lion

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Neophutos Author

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Jan 23, 2013 7:17 AM in response to rkaufmann87

rkaufmann87,

The printer that I have does not have network capabilities built in.... to have the network capabilities, HP says an additional piece of equipment must be used.... in my case, an HP JetDirect 175x Print Server... I found a used one on eBay that was inexpensive, so I purchased that, and have been trying to configure it to my computer and printer for about 5 hours now.... all I got were error pages.

I have an older iMac (2008), and I wanted the ability of the use of one printer for the new and old computers.

After I read your advice, I disconnected the HP JetDirect 175x Print Server entirely, and used just a USB cable from the printer to the computer.

The printer worked great from my new computer, but I still wanted the ability of using the printer with the older computer (Wi-Fi). I went into the Print & Scan of System Preferences, and for the heck of it, I clicked the "Printer Sharing" box.

I went to the old computer, and for the heck of it, I tried printing something.... LO & BEHOLD it worked.

I don't know how it works, because as I said before, the printer is not network-ready. When I bought the printer several years ago, there were two printers of that model on the shelf. One was a HP 2015, and the other was a HP 2015n.... (n meaning network). At the time I didn't think that I would ever need a network printer, which was more expensive, so I purchased the non-network one.

Now I am truly bewildered 😮 as to how I am able to print from both computers without the HP JetDirect 175x Print Server.

Do you, or anyone else have the answer to that????

Jim

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