Hey all, I'm using a US robotics wireless router, and I want to connect a HP Color Laserjet 1600 to it for use as a network printer. I followed the directions from the USR website carefully (http://www.usr.com/support/5461/5461-files/printer_install ation/index.html) and when I get to step #10 the wizard pops up an error saying "Windows cannot connect to the printer..." what am I doing wrong?
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Update: Called US Robotics, they have no idea what's wrong. Called HP - wont offer support. Anyone know what to do? -
scrap those guidelines, i personally think they are pretty poor. surely the HP printer allows you to set a static IP address? if this is the case, setup a static ip address on the printer with an address of your network, then just add a printer using TCPIP port. also make sure port 9100 is enabled on the printer, as we had an awful time in work recently. got two new printers, set them up completely 100% the same, one worked, other wouldnt. both would ping, telnet, you name it, except one wouldnt print. both exactly the same, wrecked our brains, could not figure out what was going.... turned out... one had port 9100 disabled out of the box, the other didnt. very poor hp, the more i use hp, the more i do not like them! however,try what i suggested and that should get you going, from looking at the guidelines, you are technically "sharing" the printer off the router, as opposed to having the printer as a separate entity on your lan... if that makes sense!Comment
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Not a network printer, it's connected to the print server via USB. No network card :(Comment
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right oh, dont i look foolish! hmm... take it you installed appropriate drivers on desktop machines?Comment
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Yes, the drivers are installed on the system, and I am able to print when the printer is connected to the PC via USB.
Don't think anyone out there has any answers on this. I was told that the person who set up this print server before me had the same troubles. I was told "he just put in the IP" I'm guessing that means that he added a port in the add printer wizard and typed in the IP Address. However, I can't seem to duplicate his exact procedure. Anyone out there have any information to share?Comment
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No help I know - but I have same problem with Canon PIXMA IP5000. It just can't connect to the printer - although status says ok..Originally posted by stolteComment
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I setup a usb printer with this print server last week. I had to download a different print driver to use on the XP computers since the existing print driver for that model, an HP 6100 multifunction was not designed to be a network printer; HP has a list of alternative print drivers based on the model of system you have...
for the 6120 multfunction office jet I had to use a 90N print driver... (working from memory, i believe that was the number)...
the first system worked fine... I ran into a problem with the second computer, i am still trying to sort out... it wouldn't take the name of the printer / via the print driver...Comment
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Add a printer, then select "network printer", then "Connect using internet or home office network", and paste "http://192.168.2.1:163 1/printers/My_Printer" into the URL field, then prceed to select the appropriate drivers for your printer.
If this does not work, pull up the status of your printer device by typing 192.168.2.1 in your address bar in explorer, log in, then look at "Printer location" under device status.Comment
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Hi, could you post where I can find that list, please? Since I have some problems myself maybe I can solve them that way. I can print via the USRobotics router printer http-port, but only, everytime I start up Windows XP or when I connect to a storage device (CD/DVD/hard disk/USB stick) XP starts installing the printer drivers again. I'm using a HP Officejet 5510 printer.Originally posted by cwitchComment
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This is an old thread but I am going to post a reply for anyone else with that old USR router and a similar problem.
If on the same subnet 192.168.2.x adding a printer using
http://192.168.2.1:1631/printers/My_Printer will tell you that you do not have a driver at "My_Printer " and you get a chance to load the driver. In my case a dell multifunction printer with USB. It works fine if you got the printer driver handy. XP or Win2k was ok.
If not on the same subnet. then I was unable to add the printer. This was my network setup:
192.168.2.x had the dell printer, 3 wired clients and one wireless client: 192.168.2.5 that was also the DMZ. That system had its ethernet set for microsoft internet sharing and the subnet was 192.168.0.x which went to a switch. None of the computer on that subnet nor the 192.168.2.5 system could access the dell printer at 1631. I am not sure why, but I did get the printer to be recognized for the wired 192.168.2.x systems.Comment
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