User profile for user: Jason1001
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Mac see's printer in Linksys Wireless G Printserver but won't print to it

Hello, I have a Mac Mini I bought a month or two ago. I just purchased a HP Color Laser 2600n printer and a Linksys Wireless-G print server. I have several PC's in my house that can now print to the printer through the print server. (Tech support walked me through setting up a port on the PC's to print through). Now I am trying to do the same thing on the Mini Mac. I installed the HP driver software. Now when I go to printers in System Preferences, I see the HP printer I installed but I also see the IP Address for the Print Server (same IP address that I used on the PC's). So, the Mac sees the LinkSys Print server but if I select that IP address and try to print to it, I don't get anything. Any ideas on how to get it working? A VERY BIG THANK YOU TO ANYONE WHO HELPS ME!!! I'M TRYING TO GET THIS WORKING BY CHRISTMAS MORNING SO MY WIFE CAN USE SOME NEW SOFTWARE I BOUGHT HER... -- Jason

Mac Mini, Mac OS 9.2.x

Posted on Dec 23, 2006 6:44 AM

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User profile for user: greg sahli
greg sahli
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Dec 23, 2006 7:52 AM in response to Jason1001

I'm a bit confused about why you are using a print server with a printer that has built-in ethernet?

(Built-in ethernet means it has a built-in print server. The major problem you are having is that the HP/OS X driver for this printer uses Bonjour (Bonjour Only) to communicate with the built-in print server. Since you've added an extra layer with the print server, I doubt that the HP driver will work.)

Just figured it out - you need the printer in a location that isn't convenient for ethernet, right.

Some choices - There is an open source driver, foo2hp, plus ESP ghostscript plus Foomatic-rip:
http://www.linuxprinting.org/showprinter.cgi?recnum=HP-Color_LaserJet2600n
http://www.linuxprinting.org/macosx/foomatic/

Or, try some kind of wireless to ethernet bridge (so you can use the built-in print server and driver).
Or, get a different printer.
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User profile for user: dwb
dwb
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Dec 23, 2006 8:08 AM in response to Jason1001

Jason - the HP 2600N is a network printer. Using an ethernet cable, connect it directly to an ethernet port on your router. You don't need a print server and you don't want to connect it directly to one of your computers. After connecting it to the router delete the printer configuration on both the PC and Mac and reconfigure them - you may need to reinstall the drivers for the PC.
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