Apparently the "Easy HowTo" should be along the lines of :
Select LPD
Enter IP address of print server.
Queue name: Enter name of print server.
Hope that helps
On Fri, 2008-07-25 at 17:34 +0100, Rob Malpass wrote:
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Phillip Chandler" <phillip.chandler@???>
> To: "Hampshire LUG Discussion List" <hampshire@???>
> Sent: Friday, July 25, 2008 5:29 PM
> Subject: Re: [Hampshire] Print servers
>
>
> > Daft question. But is this connected to your router ? Either wired or
> > wireless ? If so, have you setup your machines with static IP addresses,
> > or dont you need to ?
> >
> > A friend of mine has a print server, not a netgear, and he had problems
> > printing to it from Debian. And afaik I dont think he ever got it
> > sorted, but I'll check.
> >
> >
> > On Fri, 2008-07-25 at 17:14 +0100, Rob Malpass wrote:
> >> Hi all
> >>
> >> A bit of a convoluted one this so please bear with me...
> >>
> >> I spend most of my time on 3 machines: XP, Ubuntu and Vista. Last
> >> year I installed a netgear PS121 print server but for various reasons
> >> I've only just started to test it in earnest. My main box (XP)
> >> prints fine through it (attached to an Epson Stylus Colour 1400).
> >> Recently I've tried to make that printer (via the print server) work
> >> with both Vista and Ubuntu and had dreadful results. So much so that
> >> the only sense I can get out of it is when I use XP - in which case it
> >> might as well be local!
> >>
> >> So XP prints fine. Both Vista and Ubuntu send umpteen pages of
> >> garbage to the printer if using the server - even if the document I
> >> send is a one sided test page. I have just connected each box to the
> >> printer locally (i.e. usb straight into each PC) and it's printing
> >> fine on each.
> >>
> >> The curious thing about all this is, contrary to the way I expected
> >> the print server to work - you have to redirect a port [1] - it
> >> doesn't just appear as another network device.
> >>
> >> Given it prints fine through XP - I deduce there's nothing wrong with
> >> the print server.
> >> Given both Ubuntu and Vista can print locally (i.e. bypass the print
> >> server) I deduce there's no issue with the printer or the driver on
> >> each box. The problem only occurs when I go Ubuntu -> PS -> Printer
> >> or Vista -> PS -> Printer.
> >>
> >> The PS manual says it's a driver issue but I think I've proved
> >> otherwise and it's obviously not a printer issue because it works
> >> (like a dream) without the server.
> >>
> >> So having got through all that preamble - should I look for another
> >> print server and if so - any recommendations? Or is there another
> >> possible option I might try?
> >>
> >> Cheers
> >> Rob
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>
> Yes - PS is connected to my hub (which is connected to my router) and I'm on
> static addressing - and the PS has its own static address.
>
> Cheers
> Rob
>
>
