USB Print Servers
USB Print servers are a common source of complaint due to compatibility
issues with various printers. Below I'm slowly
putting together a compatibility list of many print servers using feedback
from owners and with links to any manufacturer lists available. Please
email
me with your experiences with a USB Print Server, especially if it's
not on the list below. I need to know the make
and model of your printer, the make & model of print server and whether
or not it worked, kind of half-worked or whatever.
There's a real lack of information about USB print servers out there
and it's obviously a mammoth task for a manufacturer to be able to test
even a small number of the available printers. Hopefully when this page
has enough data it will be able to assist potential purchasers before
they fork out the dollars and learn any bad news. In the meantime as a
general rule of thumb, if you can't get written
confirmation that your printer will work with a specific print server,
dont buy it.
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Multifunction
Printers
Be aware: Barely a day goes by where I don't hear a tale
of woe about a Print Server and a multifunction printer, so we can
count most of those out from the word go. If an MFC is networkable,
the manufacturer will give specific mention about this somewhere
and also explain how and what else it needs to be networkable. Sometimes
the printer part of an MFC can be shared using a generic printer
driver for the model, but forget about sharing scanning or fax etc.
David sent me this
link regarding Brother multifunction printers but the same principle
applies pretty much to all MFCs unless the manufacturer states they
are "network ready" or with some other similar wording.
(Bear in mind this sometimes means some other hardware or a software
license may be required to make it actually work on a network)
Alex reports another issue with some antivirus/internet
security applications: "Some like McAfee (and
CA
to a degree) have major issues with HP All in Ones. McAfee installs
a re-director that essentially kills off the AIO being able to scan
or fax across the network. USB is fine, but connecting via Ethernet
(wired or wireless) is a disaster. This means you cant use the menu
on the AIO to initiate scans and you cant use the pc to initiate
scans or faxing. CA has a work around where you have to go in and
add all the HP apps and allow them. McAfee didn’t offer that
because of the re-direction service (last used it in 2007 but believe
architecture is still the same). Had some issues with Norton 360
and a few others with this too.
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Another one is Printer Status Monitors. These rarely work from
behind a print server (except if designed by the printer manufacturer
for that particular printer) but the printer will usually still print
fine in spite of it.
Also reader Luke reports a difficulty with Host
Based Printers and Print Servers - "I recently researched
the possibility of using a print server (USB and other), to connect my
Lexmark E210 to my network. After many hours of research I found that
it is not possible to connect the Lexmark E210 to ANY print server, as
it is a host based printer."
Update: Mark reports that Luke's info is "not quite correct.
The Draytek
Printer FAQ explained what to do (with Draytek Print Servers at
least). Anyway my E210 prints a treat. I think that to get around Luke's
problem he should first install the printer physically on a local port,
install the software then change the port to the Draytek's LPR port."
See also Wolfgang's info at fuschlberger.net.
See also comment at TechRepublic
regarding GDI printers.
Quick links -
Alloy PS5010
Airport Extreme Basestation
Belkin F1UP0001
Belkin F5L009au
Buffalo LPV3-U2
Canon Silex Pricom C-6200U
Canon Silex Pricom C-6700WG
D-Link DI-524UP
D-Link DI-624S
D-Link DI-704UP
D-Link DI-724P+
D-Link DI-824VUP+
D-Link DIR-320
D-Link DIR-825
D-Link DIR-855
D-Link DP-101+
D-Link DP-301P+
D-Link DP-301U
D-Link DP-311U
D-Link DP-311P
D-Link DP-G310
D-Link DP-G321
D-Link DPR-1020
D-Link DPR-1260
D-Link DNS-323
D-Link DVA-G3670B
Draytek
Edimax PS-1206MFG
LevelOne FBR-1409TX
LevelOne FPS-3003
LevelOne WBR-3402A
Linksys PSUS4
Linksys WPS54G
Linksys WPS54GU2
Linksys WPSM54G
Minitar MN54G4R
Netcomm NP3680
Netgear FWG114P
Netgear PS121
Netgear WGPS606
US Robotics USR5461
US Robotics USR7500
Viewsonic WPS-100
Winstar WS-NSU62P
Note: Some of the links I have on the printer models below will
go to various sites where people have reviewed the product and made
a comment about compatibility with their printer. Many of these sites
are overseas retail shops and I am not trying to indicate that these
are where to buy the products. As a matter of fact I recommend that
anyone within Australia shopping for products of this nature should
stick with Australian retailers to avoid hassles with service and warranty
claims and to get the correct power pack.
| Alloy
PS5010 |
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Works
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Doesn't work
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| Airport
Extreme Basestation |
| Manufacturer'
List |
Works
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Doesn't work
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Brother HL2040: Matt reports "Wireless Access
via Bonjour on OS-X 10.4 and Bonjour for Windows on Windows XP
Have used both Netgear WGR614 and Airport Extreme (n) wireless
routers".
Canon i865
Canon i9000 & i455: Nigel reports "Both usually
work without trouble, with the two exceptions... The i455 was
slow to the point of useless printing pictures from an old G3
400 PowerBook wirelessly. It did OK with a direct USB cable. The
i9000 sometimes stops printing 3/4 through high res A3 prints.
The printer dialogue box says 'sending data' but the printer just
sits there, stalled. Sometimes you can print it again and it will
go through fine, sometimes not. I think it may have something
to do with ink levels in the tanks, but I haven't really nailed
that one."
Canon PIXMA 4000: Mal reports "I plugged the
printer into the Airport, installed the latest PIXMA 4000 drivers
from the website, installed Apple’s Rendezvous for Windows Preview
4 and then ran the Rendezvous printer sharing wizard straight
from the desktop. The hardest part was installing the drivers
for the printer. It works perfectly fine with my P4 2.8 and my
older Athlon 1GHz box."
Canon Pixma ip4300: Brian reports no worries with the
Canon S530D with Airport Express configured as a USB print
server but had difficulties with the ip4300 at first. The solution
came in changing the TCP/IP port to 9101 from 9100 gathered from
the information at this
site.
Various
officially unsupported HP printers
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Canon s9000: Sven reports "On a Airport Express
server from an XP machine the Canon s9000 won't print. Only from
the config you can clean the printing heads."
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| Belkin
F1UP0001 |
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Manufacturer'
List
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Works
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Doesn't work
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See also this
list
(I have no idea why there's two lists that are slightly different) |
Canon IP3000: Thomas reports that it works fine.
Canon MP780: Richard reports "I am using a Belkin
F1UP0001 with 2 printers, a Canon IP3000 which you already know
works well (but no monitor) and a Canon MP780 multi function centre
which works fine as a printer, but as your “be
aware” states scanning etc. is unavailable."
Canon Pixma iP4500: Andy reports "works fine
under Vista (Business) and XP. No issues other than the "No bi-directional
support" warning. Just remember to turn bi-directional support
off in the General tab of the printer's properties dialog".
Canon iP5200 & HP1220C: Chris reports "I
set up the Belkin unit via the Ethernet port to start and then
installed the printers direct to the desktops (as recommended
by Belkin). Then I moved the printers to the Belkin unit and ran
the setup utility on each machine. The result is that both printers
work with all the relevant machines EXCEPT for the printer monitoring
software. For some reason, the monitors can't talk to the printers
via the print server even with bi-directional communication enabled.
The best I can see is paper out messages, but not ink levels,
etc. If the print server guys could nail that one, life would
be even better!"
Canon LBP-1120: David reports "After install
does not print. Solution > Printer Properties >Advanced > Select
Print Directly to the Printer".
Epson C70
Epson Stylus C41UX (& Lexmark E230): Trev reports
"Setting up was reasonably straight forward, once the
printers were installed locally on each machine: the only drama
we had installing the system was getting the local printer installations
sorted (ie dragging the printers to each PC for installation).
Once the printers were installed locally, everything went well.
One thing not supported however is the printer status of either
printer, which is a bit of a pain."
Epson C44UX: Justin reports all sorts of problems
at first and took the first one he purchased back to the shop
to exchange as faulty, then "New unit hooked up my wireless
network ok, but still didn't work. Found out that some of the
installation CD's were faulty ("error loading help"), from another
site, I'd wrongly assumed that this was just for the help guide
but apparently not ! Downloaded drivers off Belkin website and
ran it - hey presto it works. "
Epson Stylus Colour C82: Kev reports "Printing
works perfectly (However I have used the standard Windows XP LPR
port rather than the supplied one out of choice - Instructions
for Windows XP at Tesco.net.
The status monitor doesn't work - which is unfortunate but live-able
with (never worked on remote PC's when using Windows sharing anyway)
Tip from someone who's been there and got the T-Shirt (i.e. Me!)
- Ensure you use the correct drivers - the C80 ones print gibberish
via the server despite working fine when directly connected via
USB.
The print server can used used either on the WiFi or wired Ethernet
(I use the latter as it's sat on top of my ADSL Router)."
Epson
Stylus Photo 870
Epson Stylus Photo R300
Epson Stylus RX420 & Stylus Color 680: Martin
from the UK reports "Experiences to date are that it supports
a small range of major brand printers, is easy to configure (including
wireless encrypted) and works really well with the latest download
(2/12/04 ) overlaid on the shipped CD; prints were
failing before this update. Printers working successfully are
Epson Stylus RX420 and Epson Stylus Color 680. Monitoring of ink
not working which is a shame (would appreciate any views if this
will ever get cured), as this is key to have at least one PC showing
the fuel level!"
HP laserjet 1010
HP1220C See Chris's comments above for Canon iP5200
HP
Deskjet 935C
HP DeskJet 3550: Andy reports "Both HP3550
DeskJet and OKI B4250 laser work with this print server but not
automagically. Manual setup does the trick - Under printer properties
for each printer, configure ports manually using the Advanced
dialog in each case. Use LP1 for Printer 1 with 515 selected as
port number. Use LP2 for Printer 2 with 516 selected as port number.
Note that the Belkin setup app will attempt to configure both
printers (assuming you have 2) on the same port during initial
setup - at least this was the case with me. This scenario never
works. Hence the manual setup I am forced to use with each additional
PC. Other than that, the F1UP0001 is a mighty little unit for
printer independence from any particular PC. :-) One more thing,
Belkin claim that using an ethernet connection to the unit disables
the wireless capability. Not so. I have my desktop PC connected
to print via ethernet while every other machine (4x laptops) all
connect via wireless. Not sure why Belkin would claim that it
won't work when it patently does, but maybe some specific configurations
have issues?"
HP
LaserJet 5L
Lexmark E230: See Trev's report under Epson Stylus
C41UX above
Lexmark F4270: Swede reports "I use the F1UP0001
with the Lexmark F4270 and it works well."
OKI B4250: See Andy's report for HP Deskjet 3550.
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Canon PIXMA IP5000: Al reports "When you finally
manage to connect the F1UP0001 to your router, (the trick is to
do a hard reset as soon as you take it out of the box by pressing
the test button for 10 secs or more while plugging in the power),
although you can still print (with a 1000% loss in speed) it does
not support bi-directional communication. After talking with US
Robotics, Belkin and Canon support, here is their final answer:
Uninstall the canon drivers and let windows install its own drivers.
However, windows doesn't have any so it's not really compatible
with the ip5000 unless you know of any drivers that remove all
feedback communication with the printer, or an aftermarket patch."
Dell 962 MFP: Graham reports "Game over :("
HP
Deskjet 990Cxi
HP 1020 LaserJet: Rein reports "The setup is
all fine the print seems to queue , the lights flash on the Belkin
unit and then ; Nothing and the print queue deletes."
See also comment at TechRepublic
regarding GDI printers.
Kyocera Mita FS1010: Lorraine reports "It works
for a short time but to get it to work you must keep switching
the printer on and off then it will print a few documents. It
does not matter how large but after a period of only a few minutes
of inactivity it requires the on/off reset again. I have the latest
drivers for both and run WinXP."
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| Belkin
F5L009au (Network USB Hub. Not a Print Server) |
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Works
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Doesn't work
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Epson Stylus R390: Bob reports "This seems really
good piece of kit. I have it connected to my Snapgear SG300 (bought
from you) and it works seamlessly with my Epson Stylus R390/Vista
Ultimate 32-bit setup. You can't really tell that there isn't
a physical USB cable there. No more futzing about with print servers
and uncertain driver compatibility...this Just Works. Even the
ink levels status monitor works.
It's not exactly a print server, but what the hey!"
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Note from OzCableguy: This is not a print server as such.
While it will provide network access to USB devices including multifunction
printers (note: no compatibility list is available), actually sharing
the devices to multiple computers simultaineously may be problematic.
Be sure to google
for reviews for more information about its capabilities before
you decide if this is the device for you.
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Dan sent me the following extensive report for the F5L009:
All in all, I'm pleased. It's not perfect, but it works much
more smoothly than I expected.
I have it connected to:
Samsung 1430 printer
Dell 1600n MFP (this is supposed to be a network MFP, but the network
scanning is a joke)
Iomega 33748 desktop hard drive
Canon BJC-2100
So far I've only tested it with 2 computers at once, one XP, the
other Vista.
Setup was pretty easy. There is no setup to do on the appliance
at all; just plug it in to power, your network, and some USB devices.
It gets an IP address from DHCP and detects what devices are connected
to it. Every computer that wants to use it, though, has to have
the "Hub Control Center" installed. It's a simple install that also
installs whatever shim it is that convinces Windows you have equipment
connected to a USB port when it's really on the network.
On the computer that uses the Windows built-in firewall, after the
setup program ran, I was in business. I did have to manually set
up a rule on one computer's BitDefender firewall to allow incoming
traffic from the hub. The manual was pretty clear on what needed
to be done, with step-by-step instructions for the most popular
firewalls (although not for BitDefender).
I bought this thing in order to share the above devices, so I set
the printers up to connect only when needed. That option is only
for printers, and only seems to work for printing. The external
hard drive I set to manual connect. I set the 1600n MFP to connect
only when needed, which works for the printing function, but I have
to manually connect to scan.
Compatibility with my hardware:
Samsung 1430 It works just fine with one problem. I have
it set to connect when I need the printer, and disconnect when I
don't, which works flawlessly. However, if I turn off the printer,
then later turn it back on, the hub doesn't detect that it's back,
and says the printer is "unavailable." If I unplug, then replug
the USB cable, it comes right back up.
Canon BJC-2100 It works fine, connecting and disconnecting
automatically. There is one very odd behavior. With some files,
the print job completes, but for some reason the job remains in
the queue. The most peculiar thing is that if you send other print
jobs, they will go through, ignoring the leftover job ahead of them.
So everything works fine, but if you open up the print queue, you
see this long queue of phantom jobs, which sit there until deleted.
Dell 1600n The print part works fine, but since the 1600n
comes with a print server, it's not all that useful. It is very
useful for scanning. I have to manually connect to the 1600n in
order for the scan to work, but that only requires three clicks.
And if you weren't going to share the 1600n scanner, you could just
set your computer to stay connected all the time.
Iomega 33748 Again I have to connect manually when I want
to use it, but I could choose to always be connected if I weren't
sharing it. Otherwise it seems to work fine. I haven't really tested
the speed, but it seems much quicker than USB 1.1
Sharing resources:
I haven't done much testing of this, but when I print simultaneously
to the Samsung ML-1430, the hub handles the contention nicely, automatically
connecting the first computer, and on the second computer showing
that the device is connected to another computer, then disconnecting
the first computer when that print job is done, and automatically
connecting the second computer and completing the print job.
If one user is connected to the external HD, I can see that in the
Hub Control Center, and can "Request Use" of the hardware. A little
text message pops up on the connected computer, and then if the
connected computer disconnects, the requesting computer can manually
connect.
One of the weirdest things about it is that they tout its wireless
ability (the box has the word "wireless" on it at least 11 times),
but it has only a 10/100BaseTX port, so you have to connect it to
a wireless access point or router, not included (which is clear
if you read the whole box).
The box also touts it as "the industry's 1st reliable print server"
even though it isn't a print server. It does seem to be a reliable
way to share printers, though, so it does the same job as a print
server. The only real difference is that the print queues are maintained
on the desktops and contend for the printer, instead of going into
a central queue on the print server.
I did a little test on the transfer speed on the Belkin F5L009.
I transferred a 1.3 GB file through the F5L009, and the transfer
speed seemed good for the first minute, then plummeted, and the
transfer took about 20 minutes, during which time the computer was
much less responsive (though the Task Manager showed CPU and HD
usage under 25%). Then I plugged the drive right into my laptop's
USB port and the transfer took 1 minute. Smaller transfers (10 MB)
only took about 30 seconds, which is OK, but hardly USB 2.0 speed.
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| Buffalo
LPV3-U2 |
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Works
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Doesn't work
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Canon i560: Tony reports "My Canon i560 printer
works on my network - BUT not the printer monitor software. The
setup CD for the buffalo LPV3-U2 print server gives you the option
of acquiring the IP address automatically, but once set up it
requires you to manually enter the assigned IP address in the
printer port. This creates a conflict if the router assigns a
different address sometime in the future. It seems there are no
USB print servers out there that support printer monitor software."
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| Canon
Silex Pricom C-6200U |
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Works
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Doesn't work
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Canon i560: Nick reports "I'm happy to report
that after setting up the pricom print server with the IP addresses,
it has worked happily for ages now. I set each PC to have this
as the default network printer. It works properly & is fully bi-directional,
reporting printer status & ink levels, etc nicely."
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Canon LBP3200: Nick reports "we're having absolutely
no luck getting a Canon LBP3200 with a Silex Technology Pricom C-6200U
working through Cups (SUSE 9). We've tried all sorts of variations
of IP address and port names/numbers. LPR ports, TCP/IP ports etc
but to no avail. We also have an HP R30 with a usb print server
which refuses to cooperate. I'm tipping it's an OS thing. Occasionally
the printer will print out a page after the print server and printer
have been turned off for a few minutes. On the upside, the installation
disc that accompanies the Pricom has the printer working in around
3 minutes if you choose to print directly to the print server (as
the manufacturer intended...)"
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| Canon
Silex Pricom C-6700WG |
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Works
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Doesn't work
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Canon Pixma 8500: Nick reports "I spoke to Canon
who recommended the silex C-6700WG as that is USB2. I can't get
the thing to work though. It seems to corrupt the printer driver
as the spooler stops working and the only way to get the spooler
back is to delete the printer drivers and reinstall them. Then as
soon as you try to set up the silex the print spooler goes down
again."
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| D-Link
DI-524UP |
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Manufacturer's
List
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Works
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Doesn't work
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Canon Inkjet Pixma ip3000: Stephen reports "It
worked using Queue lp1 (not lp0) and deselecting LPR Byte counting.
Like the other people the status window says that the printer
is offline but it still prints. Sometimes the status window doesn’t
come up but still prints."
Canon Pixma IP4000: Ken reports "I installed
it a couple of days ago and am very happy with it. The installation
was easy straight forward and worked first time. Setting up the
printer proved easy too. The instructions were great and I've
had no problems. I have a Canon Pixma IP4000 and have had no problems
printing documents or photos from my desktop connected to the
router by ethernet or from my laptop connected by wireless. The
only annoyance is the status monitor tells me the printer isn't
responding while in the background I can hear it happily printing
away. Oh well we can't have everything."
Canon iP4200: Tim reports (using the
link mentioned below in the Canon MP530 comment) "The
info about setting lp1 (instead of just lp, which it should be
according to D-Links directions) worked a treat. Printer operates
just fine, but no status reports such as ink levels."
Canon MP520: Sam reports "No multifunction
capablilites. Problematic and intermittently unreliable, but when
it does work it does print perfectly. Intermittent printing problems
only for wireless users or PC's. Perfect with Canon drivers on
OS X, not tested on PC".
Canon Pixma iP5200: Marteyn reports "In short:
it works. This printer seems to be a Host-based printer (though
I’m not sure about this), which is not supported by D-link for
this model. However, after some tinkering and turning stuff on
and off I got things up and running. Unfortunately, just like
I have been reading about other people with Pixma printers, there
is no proper status feedback from the printer. For example, I
can not see the ink-levels on my printer. Come January Canon Malaysia
will use my print server to test and see if they can come up with
a solution."
Canon Pixma MP530: Dan reports "The following
link shows how to do it: on step 8 set to 'lp1' regardless of
if you're using USB or not. http://whirlpool.net.au/forum-replies-archive.cfm/592722.html.
Of course, it's a multifunction printer so it's only the printer
bits that work."
Kyocera Mita FS-1010: Francis reports "What
isn’t clear is it’s a two step process. When you first set up
the printer as a local printer you’re setting up the printer specs
in the router. After that’s done then you have to set up the computer
as a client (ie run the network wizard) and then add a printer
using TCP/IP."
HP 3330 MFC: Dave reports "I have
an HP 3330 MFC (running with XP system) that would not connect
using normal setup wizard. I followed the link http://forums.whirlpool.net.au/forum-replies-archive.cfm/592722.html
and then Mattyboys instructions. Worked a treat. No problems printing
now. Scanning is a problem, as the original setup points to the
old usb printer setup... and I can't setup scanning through the
print server."
HP Deskjet 3535: Ana reports "On XP works
fine, I Just had to read the damn manual. On Vista I had to disable
“bi-directional printing” and select “print direct to the printer”.
That means no spooler…"
HP LJ1020: Mark reports lots of troubles getting it
to work but was successful in the end. "It took some trial
and error but even though the printer is a 1020, it worked with
a 1022n or 1022nw driver."
Samsung ML-1450: Sam reports "Problematic
and intermittently unreliable, but when it does work it does print
perfectly. Intermittent printing problems only for wireless users
or PC's. Perfect on Samsung drivers on OS X and XP, quite slow
on ghostscript drivers".
Samsung ML-1610: Mark reports "work together
like a charm."
Samsung ML-2010 Monochrome Laser Printer: Bill reports
"It worked first time. I installed the printer driver
first then followed the router instructions for installing a printer
using the USB server exactly; then deleted the original driver.
The printer works like a dream from all three XP Pro computers
on the network; however error messages do not appear from the
status monitor."
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Canon Pixma IP4200: Nathan reports that he "cant
get it to work."
Canon pixma ip5000: Westfresh reports "cannot
get to work at all".
Canon S600 & S400: Imigry reports "both are recognised
by the print server but that is as far as it goes. Despite trying
different IP addresses and even getting a driver from Canon that
supposedly supports this setup it just does not work. The problem
is not the print server and Canon tells me the puchase of an additional
bit of hardware to run the printer thru will fix it. It's cheaper
to just buy another printer."
HP Laserjet 1000: Olle reports "Have spend some
hours trying to get an HP Laserjet 1000 work with DI-524UP. It
just does not work and I guess that the Laserjet 1000 is a host-based
printer."
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Canon LBP3200: Nick reports "we're having absolutely
no luck getting a Canon LBP3200 with a Silex Technology Pricom C-6200U
working through Cups (SUSE 9). We've tried all sorts of variations
of IP address and port names/numbers. LPR ports, TCP/IP ports etc
but to no avail. We also have an HP R30 with a usb print server
which refuses to cooperate. I'm tipping it's an OS thing. Occasionally
the printer will print out a page after the print server and printer
have been turned off for a few minutes. On the upside, the installation
disc that accompanies the Pricom has the printer working in around
3 minutes if you choose to print directly to the print server (as
the manufacturer intended...)"
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| D-Link
DI-624S |
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Manufacturer's
List
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Works
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Doesn't work
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Brother HL-1430: Tony reports "The printer
did not work first up but I did a firmware upgrade on the Router
and all works well now". Oliver adds that it's necessary
to follow "the
procedure for LPR setting required like the 704UP"(Zip
file).
Brother HL-2040: HItesh reports "Initial tries
to get the printer to work over the print server failed (as the
printer works on host based settings). However, installing the
Brother HL-2070N drivers that also come on the printer cd worked
a treat. Using IP port\queue name (as recommended by DLink in
their manual) works now over LAN and WLAN."
Brother MFC-7420: Jerome reports "it worked
without a hitch as per the appendix which is in the electronic
manual."
Canon i965: Paul reports "I tried the printer
via the D-Link’s USB print server and it appears to work ok –
was able to print a test page from both PCs connected."
Canon Pixma iP3000: Steven reports "Taking
the advice of others who had updated router firmware I did the
same and have now successfully installed my printer as a network
printer through the router."
Canon MP110: Matt reports "I bought a DLINK
DI-624S today and had problems trying to get it to print via the
USB port on the router. I upgraded the firmware of the router
to 1.1 and bingo it is now working fine."
Canon S820: George reports "I was able, after
a while, to get the DI-624S to work properly as a printer server
with a Canon S820 printer. The printer status monitor works also."
Lexmark E230: John reports "superficially
it works fine, but any document of more than about 12 pages just
fails. I'm experimenting with spooling versus direct print, memory
allocations, etc. but no luck so far. Can't find a time out setting,
yet.
You can only change the setup of the printer locally, so to get
it to work via the server connect it locally and tick all the
spool, memory associate to the USB connection and timeouts and
set them to high values... i.e. the only issue is the speed at
which it responds via the server, especially if you have the power
saving set short. "
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Canon LBP3000: Warren reports "I have been trying
for a week to get this printer to work with the D-link router.
The router sees the printer ok but no amount of fiddling with
ip addresses and port configuration can make the printer work.
The usual message from the printer software, when there is a message,
is that the port is not supported."
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| D-Link
DI-704UP |
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Manufacturer's
List
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Works
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Doesn't work
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Brother HL-1240
Brother HL-1430 & Epson C41UX: After having problems
getting it going, Brent advises that the install guide found on
the Australian
site (Zip file) states to enter LPR settings as 'lpUSB0'.
However if you check the D-Link
global site it states to enter just "lp". Using
LP works while 'lpUSB0' would not for some reason.
Brother 5140D: See comments by Angus for HP Laserjet
1000 in "doesn't work" column.
Brother HL5150D
Brother MFC 9180: Cam reports "Ive been using
this for maybe 1 ˝ years or so. The printer works fine and haven’t
had any problems with it. And so the print server has worked fine
as well."
Canon i865: Rob reports "I have a DLink DI-704UP
and it works fine with my Canon i865 EXCEPT that the print monitor
reports "Printer not responding". The job prints at normal speed
but alas no warnings of paper or ink out."
Canon iP3000: Justin reports "it worked on
all machines (98, 2000 and XP). I only tested from notepad, and
the client tested from word, but both were successful."
Canon MP730
Canon Pixma IP2000: David reports "Responds
to commands sent to it, like clean, power off etc, but there is
no feedback for ink levels or other status. The print drivers
installed happily connecting through the router printer port."
Canon iP4200: Thomas reports "Canon ip4200
and D-Link 704up work fine. Installation is very easy all you
need to do is install the printer server, install printer drivers
and manually select D-Link printer port. Printer works great EXCEPT
printer sometimes reports "Printer not responding" (just turn
off monitor status) and cannot tell you ink levels. I have had
issues with 'dropouts' where the printer and router are not communicating.
Turning the power on and off to the printer solves the problem
but this is annoying and I cannot fix it."
Canon PIXMA iP5000: Giles reports "It works
fine as far as printing goes. It seems to take instructions o.k.
like automatically turning on the printer, duplexing etc. However,
it gives no feedback on the printer status, such as ink levels,
etc. It just leaves a message saying “printer not responding”.
This can be a bit frustrating!"
Canon Pixma i6600D: Paul reports "I setup
the printer software and drivers before connecting, as per instructions.
I then setup access from the router as D-Link instruct and it
worked perfectly straight up. I successfully tested the printer
with adjusting preferences, printing test pages, print head alignment
test, nozzle check and power off working fine from the properties
menu. The only exception was viewing printer status which looks
at ink tank levels etc, would not work."
Canon S100SP: Michael reports "...it mostly
works ok except it sometimes refuses to print for no obvious reason,
requiring powering off and on; it demands that bi-directional
printing be enabled; and the printer driver always reports "printer
not responding"."
Canon S520
Epson C41UX (See above for Brother HL-1430
Epson AcuLaser C1100: Darren reports "It seems
to print OK. However the print job will not stop. i.e. It will
keep printing until I kill the job on the Printer. I have just
begun my investigation on this one. Not quite sure if its the
printer or the router that is causing the problem. This didn't
happen when I directly plugged the printer into the PC via the
USB cable."
Update: "I seemed to have solved the problem
by deleting the port then reinstalling using instructions from
the DLink FAQ on their website."
Epson C66: Peter reports "Works fine with
the C-66. Emailed D-Link about my particular printer before I
bought it, they had no clue. I would advise anyone considering
buying this box that if your printer is not on the approved/disapproved
list. Go and give it a try anyway, there's a good chance it will
work. I, like all the others do not get bi-directional support
(no ink levels). Don't know why there isn't an update to fix this
yet, that is ridiculous. I see no delay in printing caused by
using the 704up over not using it. However, once in a while (like
when changing the cartridges) I will lose connection with the
printer and will not be able to print. Print server works by assigning
an IP address to the printer. To fix the issue, I must get new
address for printer. Turning off the computers, the printer and
then the router. Then I turn on printer first, wait till it posts,
then plug in router, then turn on computer. This by the way is
the correct order to power up when installing. Again, the manual
and quick-start guide both tell you otherwise, don't believe them.
This has only happened twice, and I consider it an acceptable
issue, though there should be a way to release and renew the printer
only through the on-screen interface."
HP
DJ895cxi
HP Photosmart 7600: "K" reports "My HP
Photosmart 7600 printer is not supported. When you get to the
step to select your printer it is not there. D-Link support says
to try inserting your Printer Driver disk at that point, that
did not work either. I tried something stupid and it worked. I
selected a driver for a different printer, then after the install
was done I went in and changed the driver to my printer driver
(which my system still had available as it was installed previously).
Works great!"
HP LaserJet 1010: Erica reports "All I had
to do was install the printer software that came on the CD that
came with the router on each computer. Then I just followed the
following guide located at this
website."
Lexmark X215 MFC (print only)
Samsung ML4600: Bill reports "Setup was fine
just as described in the instructions. However, it sometimes will
not accept a print job and/or the print job just sits in the queue.
I recently found in these situations that if I reboot the router
it automatically runs the print job."
Xerox Phaser 3115: Scott reports "I have a
704UP and it works with Xerox Phaser 3115, but will not support
my Kyocera Mita FS-1010"
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Macs: Cathy reports "I just recently purchased
a D-Link Ethernet Broadband Router with USB print server (DI-704UP).
There were no instructions on how to install the print server
software on a mac. Anyway, I rang the D-Link Australia technical
support line and they confirmed that they do not support Macs
- so no print server for me! It's a bit misleading cause it does
say on their online tech sheet that they have print server support
for Mac OS, however, when the router came it says on the box that
the print server only works with Windows Operating Systems. How
disappointing!"
Update: Rod reports this
link which is all about getting OSX to work with the DI-704P.
The 704P has a parallel port print server rather than USB, but
the instructions might just do the trick anyway.
Canon Laser Shot LBP-1120: David reports "I have
tried to get the printer to print through the printer server of
the router, but have been unsuccessful. The router knows that
the printer is there, but the printer just won’t work."
Dell AIO Printer 962: Calton reports "does NOT
work with D-link DI-704UP"
Epson R310: Keith reports "first unit did not
work, got replacement unit from D-Link - set up easily, worked
for 1 day then failed, tried to get it working for a week and
then gave up. DI-704UP has the most reliable Bigpond Cable client
I've tried, so all is not lost."
HP Laserjet1000: Angus reports "I have recently
installed a Dlink DI-704UP print server/router and tried two laser
printers: The print server didn't work with HP Laserjet1000 (This
is a host based printer. HP warned it didn't work and they were
right). The Brother 5140D worked perfectly. (XP worked out of
the box with its supplied LPR/LPD, win98 required installation
of the DLINK supplied print server software)."
HP Laserjet 1320: Jeff reports that contrary to D-Link's
phone advice, this was not compatible after all. HP confirmed
this was the case and advised that it would only work with a HP
JetDirect Print Server.
Samsung
ML-1710: does not offer complete bi-directional support &
when the printer goes into standby/sleep mode and a print job
is sent, the printer doesn't wake up and print.
Kyocera Mita FS-1010: Scott reports "I have a
704UP and it works with Xerox Phaser 3115, but will not support
my Kyocera Mita FS-1010"
Kyocera FS 820: Stefan reports no success with this.
The router would not show the light for a connected printer.
Lexmark Z53 Color Jet: George reports "I have
been fighting with the USB print server function of a D-Link DI-704UP
for nearly three months. The router works fine, but not the print
server. We had previously had no trouble with a D-Link DI-704P
(with a parallel port print server), but when the router portion
failed, the DI-704UP is what the company replaced it with. Our
printer is a Lexmark Z53 Color Jetprinter. The D-Link tech told
me to phone or email Lexmark and get an IP address and port name.
So far, that has not been forthcoming."
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| DLink
DI-724P+ |
| Manufacturer's
List |
Works
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Doesn't work
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HP laserjet 1100: Cameron reports "I can happily
report that WPA-PSK ASCII was easy to setup, as was my HP LaserJet
1100 parallel printer. "
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HP
LaserJet 1160 (With Vista): Eva reports "We currently
have a Dlink DI-714P+ which we have used up til now for an HP LaserJet
1160 printer. It has worked well with XP. Since we upgraded to Vista
on two of our three machines, it only works intermittently. It works
for a couple of printouts, then suddenly (I have found no pattern)
remains in the queue. It doesn't print until computer restart. We
have another printer also, so we tried switching to that to see if
the problem was printer/driver related, an Epson Stylus Photo 890,
but the intermittent problem remained. I thus conclude this printer
also would work on XP". |
| DLink
DI-824VUP+ |
| Manufacturer's
List |
Works
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Doesn't work
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Glen reports in general "I noticed something about the
software for the D-Link DI-824VUP+ router/print server that might
be useful to point out to people. When it's installed you get
a port added to the printer called PRTmate that redirects to the
print server. What isn't obvious is that by default this is configured
to use the parallel port on the router and if like most people
these days you have a USB printer your print jobs go into a black
hole. No error message, the job just sits there and never completes.
Soon as you click the Configure Port button on the PRTmate port
in the printer properties and change it to USB it's all happy.
Easy enough once you know but I'm sure it's caused some head scratching."
Canon
i550: Glenn reports "that both the parallel and USB
ports can be used simultaneously. I have a Xerox P8ex Laser and
a Canon i550 InkJet and both work fine via the USB port (and parallel
port for that matter). I presently have the InkJet connected to
the USB port and the status monitor doesn't function (never worked
when connected directly to the PC anyway so maybe not the printer
server's fault).
Canon S900: Cameron reports "I set up my network
using a D-Link DI-824VUP+ and connected my Canon S900 to the USB
and my Epson Stylus Colour 600 to the parallel port. I installed
them using the supplied instructions [on CD] and they both work
fine. The router is using firmware V1.04 ,the printers are both
using original drivers and the operating system is Win XP. The
queue name is lp for the Epson and lpUSB0 for the Canon."
Epson Stylus C20: Mark reports "the Epson Stylus
CX5200 Printer does not work with the D-Link DI-824VUP+. How ever
the Epson Stylus C20 works fine. Both are USB connected."
Epson Stylus Colour 600: See Canon S900 above.
HP laserjet 1100: Rick reports "works great on
the parallel port"
HP Laserjet 3380: David reports "I got a HP-3380
MFC Laser printer working all ok via the D-LINK DI-824VUP+ USB
print server. I used the Post Script driver supplied on the HP
CDROM supplied with the device, just click 'have disk' and browse
to the English\Drivers\WinXP folder of the CD To install the driver
at setup time.Of course only the printer works via the network,
not the FAX etc …. :)"
HP PSC2510
Xerox
P8ex Laser: See Glenn's report above for Canon i550.
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Canon i450
Dell A920 MFP
Epson Stylus CX5200: Mark reports "the Epson Stylus
CX5200 Printer does not work with the D-Link DI-824VUP+. How ever
the Epson Stylus C20 works fine. Both are USB connected."
Epson CX5400: Char reports "I have an Epson CX5400
and it doesn’t work even after changing it to a USB port rather
than a parallel port. Dlink couldn’t even help. I’m going to Best
Buy today or tomorrow to get a new printer."
HP 1010: Maxwell reports that it constantly loses the connection
and requires a reboot of the Router, Printer and PCs to get going
again but is still in discussion with DLink for possible fixes.
HP Laser Jet 3030 (MFC)
Lexmark
Z45
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| DLink
DIR-320 |
| Manufacturer's
List |
Works
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Doesn't work
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Canon MP520: Sam reports "No multifunction capablilites.
Perfect with Canon drivers on OS X, not tested on PC."
Samsung ML-1450: Sam reports "Perfect on Samsung
drivers on OS X and XP, quite slow on ghostscript drivers. (also
DDWRT compatible) ."
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HP laserjet P1005: Robert reports "It doesn't work
with my HP laserjet P1005".
HP Laserjet 1022: Nathan reports "doesn’t support
HP Laserjet 1022"
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| DLink
DIR-825 |
| Manufacturer's
List |
Works
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Doesn't work
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Canon iP4300: MCalca reports "I have
a Canon iP4300 connected to a D-Link DIR-825 Router with Print sharing.
There are two PC Desktops, wired, running XP Home and XP Pro and
a Wireless Dell Laptop running Vista Home Premium. I installed the
Print Share Utility and Printer drivers on all 3 machines. I am
able to print from all three machines but I keep getting the following
error:
"Canon iP4300 USB001. Cannot communicate with the printer.
Turn Enable bi-directional support on in the printer's Properties
dialog box".
I cannot get rid of this error and I cannot turn on bi-directional
support because the check box is greyed out. Canon has been completely
useless and supports only one print server. Network Magic does not
support print servers and does not fully support my router. D-Link
will only support getting your internet shared but not the Print
Share option. I tried setting the port to TCP but could not print
at all. Any one out there get this router to work correctly with
a non network Canon USB printer?"
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| DLink
DIR-855 |
| Manufacturer's
List |
Works
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Doesn't work
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Canon Pixma MP760: Shinya reports "scans and prints
just fine. USB sticks and external drives also seem to work fine.
Though the Share Port software isn't as elegant as that used by
the Belkin Network USB hub. Just the basic manual connect / disconnect
function is all that is available."
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| D-Link
DNS-323 |
| Manufacturer's
List |
Works
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Doesn't work
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Canon i350: Michael reports "The Canon LBP3300
printer does not work on the D-Link DNS-323 USB print server.
My Canon i350 does. As I now understand it, printers with Canon’s
CAPT need a CAPT print server on the machine which is connected
by USB to the printer. It would have been nice to know this when
I bought the DNS-323."
Epson C42+: Foamcow reports "I use a D-Link DNS-323
with an Epson C42+ with no real problems. I seem to recall it
worked right away with no fiddling. Only problem I have is that
there doesn't seem to be any way to monitor the print queue on
the DNS-323 without installing modifications that would take it
out of warranty (and potentially 'brick' the unit)."
HP PSC 750: Mads reports "I got it to work with
a little fooling around. I guess this work-around will work for
all HP PSC Series (Printer/Scanner/copy).
1. Install original PSC 750 driver on the pc (just connect it
direct to the USB port)
2. Connect the PSC 750 to the DNS-323
3. Double-click on shared printer (\\dns323share\lp)
4. Pick "HP PaintJet" from the list when prompted for printer
driver
5. Go to Printer -> Properties -> Advanced and choose "HP PSC
750" on the driver drop-down
Now you have full printer functionality (but no scanning, I guess…)
Lexmark Z65P: Jorge reports "I just
followed the manufacturer's instructions and it worked well. After
installation users might want to leave the printer on, reboot
the computer and then try printing a test page."
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Canon LBP3300: Michael reports "The Canon LBP3300
printer does not work on the D-Link DNS-323 USB print server.
My Canon i350 does. As I now understand it, printers with Canon’s
CAPT need a CAPT print server on the machine which is connected
by USB to the printer. It would have been nice to know this when
I bought the DNS-323."
HP PSC2100: Joshua reports "I cannot get my Dlink
DNS-323 to use my HP PSC 2100 series all-in-one printser".
Samsung ML-1610: Fernand reports "I
have a laser printer Samsung ML-1610 when I connect it to the
DNS323 by the usb, the printer status is always at PAUSE and impossible
to change it. I always receive the error message that I don't
have the rights??? I'm the ADMINISTRATOR on my PCs. I use Vista
Home Premium and XP Pro SP3 on the other PC and I have the same
error."
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| D-Link
DP-101+ |
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Manufacturer's
List
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Works
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Doesn't work
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Canon BJC-3000: John reports "Frankly, the Dlink
has been an absolute pain in the arse, it would not work with
TCP/IP and I had to install NetBEUI to get it to work. When I
upgraded to WinXP the other day it would not work what ever I
did."
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| D-Link
DP-301P+ |
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Manufacturer's
List
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Works
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Doesn't work
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Samsung SCX-4100: Randy reports "The 301P+ is connected
to the parallel port of my Samsung SCX-4100 printer/scanner/copier
(has both USB and parallel ports - the USB port is plugged into
a nearby desktop). Setup was nearly instant - I just plugged everything
in and followed the instructions on their quick start guide to set
up Windows XP to print."
Toshiba TEC B-443: Nirus reports for both the Netgear PS101
V2 and D-Link DP-301P+ "This is a label printer that I deal
with on a fairly regular basis (like 20 -25 of them), also the newer
Toshiba S4V which is just a newer version of the same. In my experience
both print servers work perfectly on this printer style."
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|
| D-Link
DP-301U |
| Manufacturer's
List |
Works
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Doesn't work
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Terry reports (in general): This Print server was really
crappy with the 1.xx firmware out of the box it ships with. Constantly
locking up randomly needing power cycle to bring alive and then
would shortly die. Updated to 2.00 firmware and it runs like a
dream. 5 units tested with the same result.
Canon i350: Randy reports "The 301U is connected
to my Canon i350. Setup was a little tricky. First, the device
defaults to an IP of 192.168.0.10 instead of using DHCP. My network
is 192.168.2.xxx and it took me about 20 minutes to figure out
that the device was on a different subnet. So then I took a spare
laptop and set its IP to 192.168.0.xxx and used it to configure
the unit to use DHCP. Then, for an unknown reason, printing wouldn't
work at all. I finally removed the printer from control panel
and restarted the installation process. It worked."
Canon i350: John reports that "it seemed to work
a treat. "
Canon imageClass MP370: Anthony reports "the
only issue is that the Canon monitoring software reports that
the "Printer is not responding". Obviously there is some failure
in bi-directional communications, however the print job does print."
Canon Pixma ip4000: Crispin reports "My network
contains a mixture of Windows 2000 machines and Mac OSX boxes.
The Windows computers have no problem printing with this set up
but the Macs presented more of a problem which I appear to have
overcome: The Canon ip4000 printer drivers for OSX don't behave
like other drivers in that they don't show up in the dialog box
unless the printer is actually plugged into the machine with a
USB cable. The answer seems to be to use the drivers for the Canon
BJC 7000 instead which appear to work well with the ip4000 printer."
Canon iP4300: Adriaan reports "Our wireless home
network consists of a PC and a laptop, both running Windows XP.
We can print wireless, but the 2 computers cannot retrieve the
printer's status (unless I connect them directly with the printer's
USB cable). This is rather annoying since you can't monitor the
printer's ink levels, and that results in empty ink cartridges
at the most inconvenient moments. The printer will the not print
with empty cartridges, unless the you accept "the consequences"
(possible damage). But to have the option to accept these, the
computer needs to know the printer's status, and this I only manage
to recieve by connecting the computer directly with the printer."
Canon Pixma IP6000D: Dodge reports "I recently
purchased a D-Link DP-301U and hooked it to my D-Link DIR-655
wireless router and then hooked my Canon Pixma IP6000D printer
to it, installation was fairly easy, I have 3 computers hooked
to the router, and 2 wireless, and all now print with ease, of
course I no longer get the status of my printer ie how the ink
is doing and such, but all my systems are easily able to print
to the printer now, without clumsy printer sharing which requires
one computer be running at all times."
Canon Pixma MP780: Richard reports "as with other
MFDs the scanning and fax functions don’t work, other than this
a relatively painless install. However, I have had issues with
it over wireless where the last page of every document will pause
for 20 seconds before finishing. Wired printing works fine, however
set up is improved if you fully remove the drivers from the computer
first. Using the manual for this print server is highly recommended
as you’ll be up and running in just a few minutes."
Warning: Dave reports that he had no luck getting this
combination to work: "I have an DP301U and trying to set
up an MP780 on it (actually I have 2 so I know the printer is
ok) and the print status is always offline. I have updated the
firmware. It works fantastic with my MP390".
Canon S330: Nicholas reports "I recently purchased
a D-Link DP-301U print server on my home network which comprises
two Windoze 98 machines and one XP Home. The printer is a Canon
S330. Apart from a few hiccups, which had more to do with my mistrust
of the manuals and the usual ambiguous dialogue boxes from Micro$oft,
the 301U installed without drama. To date it has worked perfectly,
much more reliably than the Printer Sharing arrangement I had
before. A few words of caution: Follow the instructions in the
manual exactly. These are significantly different for different
versions of Windoze. Write everything down that you change, including
Port Name, IP address, Subnet Mask, etc. Double-check everything
before hitting the Apply button."
Epson Photo Stylus 720 printer
Kyocera Mita FS-1010: Nirus reports (DP-301U Rev A) "acted
erratically from the start, messed around with it. It would stop
responding to pings as soon as the USB cable was plugged in, and
start responding again as soon as you unplugged the USB cable
from the printserver/printer. Worked fine after the firmware was
upgraded."
HP1020: Tim reports "I have this printer working
with the DP-301U. When I first configured the DP-301U I had the
common problem of the data being transmitted through my router
and into the print server, the USB light coming on to say the
server was trying to send data to the printer but the printer
did not receive the data. I reset the print server so that I had
a fresh start and reset the IP address to what I had given it
in my router. Tested the Server Web page access to ensure I had
it set correctly and changed none of the other settings. Then
I used my HP 1020 install disk to totally remove the print drivers
from my Windows XP computer and then reinstall the driver. I reattached
the printer to the USB port on my computer, tested the print worked,
and then reattached the USB cable to the print server. Next, I
added a new printer through Windows, selected the TCP/IP port
I had already created for the server and changed none of the settings
from the defaults listed in the print server manual. The printer
now works fine with the server."
HP LaserJet 1010: Nirus reports "This printer
model is known for not working with linux very well, due to the
fact that it is a lower end ‘host based’ printing model. My experiences
find that while the print server behaves fairly reliably, if the
printer does fall over (it does on a regular basis with linux),
then the print server will also need to be restarted before the
printer will work again."
HP LaserJet 1300: Nirus reports "Works perfectly
with this printer out of the box from both Linux and Windows".
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Canon LBP3200 Laser Shot: John reports "After
a quick call to D-Link support they confirmed that the 3200 is
a GDI Host based printer and will not work with their print server.
I did try it on a Canon i965 and it seemed to work a treat. "
Lexmark x83
Lexmark Z-33: Mark reports "I am having the same
problem as Terry, but unfortunately the upgraded firmware has
failed to fix the problem"
Minolta/QMS PagePro 1250W: Rob reports "D-Link
DP-301U (Firmware v2.10 2006-03-24) does not work with Minolta/QMS
PagePro 1250W at all!"
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| D-Link
DP-311U |
| Manufacturer's
List |
Works
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Doesn't work
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Brother HL-1430: Paul reports "It will print
single pagews, including very large bitmaps, but will not cope
with multi-page output from Word. I tried every option I could
think of and searched the web and the D-Link and Brother sites
thoroughly.
Brother Solution Centre: "In the spooling options tell it to print
directly to the printer (in the print driver), it sounds like
it is having difficulty receiving confirmation between the spooling
on the HDD and the printers memory". No response from them when
I told them that this did not work.
D-Link Tech Support: "Thank you for your email, in regards to
your question, please try a different driver for that printer
- a generic windows driver? And see if that improves the situation,
also perhaps contact your printer manufacturer and see if they
have any specialized printer drivers for TCP/IP printing."
Brother HL-1440
Canon MultiPass 730: Blaster reports "The D-Link
DP-311U does not work with Brother HL-1440 and also Canon MultiPass
730. "
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| D-Link
DP-311P |
| Manufacturer's
List |
Works
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Doesn't work
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Canon BJC-250: Kathie reports "I first tried
it with a D-Link wireless printserver Model DP-311P. The description
of this server left me believing it would work easily with my
generic parallel printer. Wrong...I could hardly log on to it
successful and it must be in configuration mode (switch at back
of server) to change its settings. This is where I got angry.
It turns out that it doesn't work in WPA-PSK mode as I have my
router configured. I had no idea this was true until I saw the
DP-311P configuration page. Even though it was manufactured and
designed in the same time frame as my router, it still only had
WEP encryption. I could actually configure it with WEP 128 bit,
but it slowed down my system and took lots of fiddling to configure.
Of course it would not stay connected unless the router was set
to WEP."
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| D-Link
DP-G310 |
Manufacturer's
List
|
Works
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Doesn't work
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Brother DCP-110C: See Izzy's comments for Dell 942 in
"doesn't work" column
Brother HL-2040: Edwin reports "I have used the
Brother HL-2040 successfully with no problems at all on the D-Link
DP-G310. Straighforward Setup. However, the print server always
seems to get VERY hot. ALso, in all cases setting up printing
via a "TCP/IP Printer Port" seems to be more reliable than trying
to setup the print server as a client on your Windows Workgroup
Printer Sharing (although this does work)."
Brother MFC-3240C: See Izzy's comments for Dell 942 in
"doesn't work" column
Canon IP8500: Stephen reports "I run a Lexmark
Optra S 1855 on the parallel port with no problems I also have
a Canon IP8500 on a USB port. The printer works fine, but the
Canon Status Monitor software does not work. You have to disable
this software, and relying on the flashing light codes on the
printer itself for problems (Usually an empty ink tank)"
Epson Stylus Photo R320: Pete reports "While
looking for compatibility information for my D-link DP-G310 print
server, I noticed a comment that it did not work with the Epson
Stylus Photo R320. I disagree, as it works with mine (Using a
TCP/IP printer port). I am trying to connect another DP-G310 to
an HP LaserJet 1018, and getting similar results as reported with
the HPLJ 1020. Don't really understand why this should be an issue
with newer printers, but obviously it is."
Lexmark Optra S 1855: Stephen reports "I run
a Lexmark Optra S 1855 on the parallel port with no problems I
also have a Canon IP8500 on a USB port. The printer works fine,
but the Canon Status Monitor software does not work. You have
to disable this software, and relying on the flashing light codes
on the printer itself for problems (Usually an empty ink tank)"
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Dell 942: Izzy reports "did not work.
After contacting D-Link and looking at the list of printers they
were unable to advise which printer would actually work. The list
of printers on the web side in Australia are no longer provided
by HP. I tried it on a friends printer Brother MFC 3240C and DCP110C
which worked first time. Other than the list of printers and problems
with the type of printers the device is working..."
Epson Stylus Photo R320: Steve reports "A nice
little box that has USB 2 connectivity, wired or wireless. Easy
http-based setup requiring no special drivers, and using only
the standard TCP-IP LPR protocol within XP Pro! Unfortunately
ALL PRINT JOBS DIED at the Ethernet-USB junction without any notification
or error message. Tech Support was quick and reasonably informed.
We tried flashing the firmware to 1.40, no luck. He even referred
me to your page! I liked this device’s setup routine much better
than Linksys’, but since I could get no output from it with my
printer, it goes back to the store tomorrow." (See also
comments by Pete in the "Works" column on this printer)
HP LaserJet 1020 Plus: Kamshetty reports "I was
looking for a wireless cum wired print server for my office purposes,
therefore thought DP-G310 would best satisfy all my requirements
of being a wireless cum wired print server. While going through
the products details page on the D-Link website, I couldn’t find
anywhere the compatibility issues related with the product. I
was not even warned by the reseller, of the compatibility issues
related to it. Later after wasting hours on trying to install
it in the network, I decided to call the D-Link technical support,
from whom I finally learned that my printer (HP LaserJet 1020)
is not compatible with the Print Server".
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| D-Link
DP-G321 |
| Manufacturer's
List |
Works
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Doesn't work
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Canon BJC4200: Stephen reports "Installation
was easy and it was up and running on all of our computers within
10 minutes of coming out of the box. No printing problems thus
thus far (its been several days)."
HP Laserjet 4L: Cesar reports "It works seamlessly
with a MFC HP Officejet 6110 (USB), a parallel HP Laserjet 4L.
It would not work with a newer HP LaserJet 1020, it shows it offline
and would not change or print."
HP Officejet 6110: See Cesar's comments for HP Laserjet
4L
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HP LaserJet 1020: See Cesar's comments for HP Laserjet
4L.
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| D-Link
DPR-1020 |
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Works
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Doesn't work
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| See the
DPR-1020 manual appendix for supported printers (PDF) |
HP Deskjet 3845: Richard reports "Although it
was a breeze to set up with Linux but very convoluted with XP
as one of the XP machines would not create the printer using D-link
PS-link software the other one did, had to manually create it.
(I set up LPR printing on the XP machines and Linux set up LPD.
I have OpenSuse 11.2 linux)."
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Epson TX110: Darren reports "I can safely say
the Epson TX110 will not print using a D-Link DPR-1020. I tried
setting this up a number of ways.
* Using the PS wizard and adding the print driver from an already
installed printer
* Using the PS wizard and adding a new print driver and replacing
the existing one
* Installing the printer and printing locally (tested and worked
ok locally) then changing the port on the printer to the DPR-1020
* When you go to the web interface of the print server it shows
the printer as being off line and never prints
* After sitting for about 5 minutes the printer shows the status
in the printers and faxes folder as offline too".
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| D-Link
DPR-1260 |
| Manufacturer's
List |
Works
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Doesn't work
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Canon Pixma 4200: Lukas reports "without any
problem "
Epson Stylus CX-5400: David reports "As a printer,
this device works fine. It will not detect as a scanner at all."
Brother MFC-7420: Printing works fine but it doesn't
detect the scanner to allow network scanning so I wouldn't bet
on anything other than models
listed as supported working fully with this unit. Printing
& scanning is controlled via the DPR-1260's web interface
so printers with control software to detect ink levels and so
on are unlikely to work.
HP Deskjet 930 and 1220: Tony reports "HP Deskjets
930 and 1220 work just fine."
HP Laserjet 1018: Tony reports "I could get the
HP Laserjet 1018 to work from my PC and netbook but not from 2
laptops. Run the print_setup.exe and I got Invalid Parameters
popup. Bizzare. In case anyone else has the same problem, here's
how I fixed it. Open the Printers and Faxes folder, click Add
a printer, select Local printer attached to this computer, uncheck
Automatically detect, click Next then under Use the following
port: select the dlink port which has the printer attached. Click
Next then select Use the existing drivers. All printers are now
working on all computers."
HP LaserJet 1020: Joseph reports "I was able
to get my Laserjet 1020 working with the DLink DPR-1260 by installing
the printer first on a computer via USB, then moving the printer
from USB on the computer to the print server. Got the idea reading
Tim's writeup under the D-Link DP-301U".
HP LaserJet 1022: Lukas reports "worked after
installing the printer through USB on the computer from where
the print server ought to be configured. After that, switched
off the firewall (F-prot) and follow the printer installation
instructions of the print server. "
Update from Lukas "Still a lot of trouble to get
that damned 1022 continue working. For some reason after I tested
everything and that it looked fine, it only prints when you restart
the PC (next day or so)."
Update 2 from Lukas: "upgrade the firmware of the
Dlink DPR-1260 to the latest version and you will find that it
will work fine with the HP LaserJet 1022".
Lexmark 2500 Series: Beau reports "Printer will
work fine, but scanner not detected."
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Canon imagerunner 1023 (multifunction):
Peter reports "I just spent alot on a Canon imagerunner
1023 printer/copier/scanner etc. i got the D-link DPR1260 and
guess what?...it does not work."
Epson Perfection 1240U: Dag reports "will not
detect the scanner at all".
Epson TM-U220: Norman reports "We acquired a
couple (8 to be exact) DPR-1020s hoping to hook ‘em together with
an Epson TM-U220 ticket printer via parallel port using a Gigaware
USB-to-Parallel cable. Getting the 1020 to recognize the printer
was not a problem, the web interface is pretty straightforward,
although I couldn’t say the same of the PS software, but I digress.
The problem started when I launched my POS app to start printing
tickets the way we normally do. To be fair, I need to mention
that we’ve currently set up a few D-Link 301U in the configuration
mentioned above without having any glitches.
The TM-U220 works seamlessly connected directly via parallel port
to the POS machine using same Gigaware cable as above, but as
soon as I insert the DPR-1020 in the setup it all becomes a mess:
the first ticket in the series may get through, but then the printer
stalls, other times it just spills out garbled characters, sometimes
it just feeds out blank paper. The results are, if you forgive
the expression, consistently inconsistent, somehow unpredictable,
choppy. So I’ve given up, and now I’m in the process of replacing
all the DPR-1020s for something more solid, so I’m testing with
the D-Link DP-301p+ I mentioned earlier, so far with satisfactory
results. I’ve also tested connecting the 301P+ to an HP Laserjet
1160 again via parallel, and so far I’m happy to report no issues.
So going back to the DPR-1020, I would conclude that this little
print server is okay for standard USB-based printers, it may even
work with some parallel port-only printers, but one thing is certain,
it wont be even useful as a doorstop when it comes to the TM-U
series of Epson printers."
HP Laserjet 1000: Francisco reports "The print
Server detects perfectly the printer and i can install it, But
when i want to print i can't."
HP LaserJet 1020. David reports "This printer
was detected just fine, but will not print anything. Print queue
works like it is printing, but nothing is sent to the printer.
D-Link support was useless. ‘Raymond’ was unable to assist me
with either device."
HP Officejet Pro K550. Anders reports "D-Link
DPR-1260 thinks that HP Officejet Pro K550 has a built in scanner
in scanmode.
And when you try to print a document with the HP LASERJET 1020
(it finds it but...) it just disappears."
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| D-Link
DVA-G3670B |
| Manufacturer's
List |
Works
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Doesn't work
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Canon i250: Bruce reports "Worked straight away.
Occasionally prints half a page and stops no idea why - have to
turn off and purge print spooler but fortunately not happening
very often. Worse problem is if you forget to turn on printer
before attempting to print then have to reset modem. No feed back
from printer so no cartridge low warning but otherwise works fine
most of the time."
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| Draytek
Routers |
| Manufacturer's
List |
Works
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Doesn't work
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Brother HL-1430: Nick reports "I have a DrayTek
2600VG ADSL Router, and for several years I have successful used
a Brother HL-1430 connected to its print server as part of my
home network, and I never ever had any problems. I have just bought
a Samsung ML-3050 laser printer, and connected it to the same
DrayTek print server, and I just cannot get the printer to work.
I have tried installing (alternatively) both the GDI drivers and
then the post script drivers which Samsung suggested, but all
to not avail."
Canon i560: Brendan reports for the 2600G "Works
fine off both my WinXP Home laptop and Win98SE desktop."
Canon iP5200R: Greg reports "[I] can confirm
it [2800VG] works okay with a Canon iP5200R printer however it
does not report printer status (ie ink cartridge status and the
like) correctly. A fact that is already mentioned on one of the
Draytek web support pages I believe."
Canon PIXMA iP3000: Lachlan reports "I've just
tried out my Canon PIXMA iP3000 with the Draytek V2900G. The printer
appears to work fine with the test pages I have printed, and works
in both colour and black and white under Windows XP with no hassles.
Because of the lack of bi-directional support, none of the printer's
additional features work (which really is a shame because I love
the CD printing feature)."
Canon S520: Don reports "I've set it up wirelessly
and I'm happy to report that it prints just fine. As with other
reports on the Canon series printers the status monitor says the
printer is not responding but it does although without displaying
the ink cartridge levels. I can live with that. Also, the other
utilities I've tested like nozzle cleaning, head alignment and
auto power on/off features also work fine." Side
Note: Initially, although it worked as above, settings weren't
being retained after a shutdown and reboot. This was fixed with
a firmware update.
Epson 880: Guy reports "I've been able to get
LPR printing to my Epson 880 working fine from a Win2K desktop
(direct to router), WinXP notebook and Mac Powerbook G4 both wirelessly.
The Epson print centre kept throwing errors and communication
problems until I worked out how to turn the status monitor off
(no mean feat it's buried deep in the system). Spooling is on
and seems to work. The only issue is I have to hook the printer
back up to a PC direct to check on the status and perform minor
maintenance (alignments etc) every now and again."
HP Deskjet 970cxi: Peter reports "I have got
[it] working with the Draytek V2600VG, but it does not
work with Firmware 2.5.4 which comes loaded. I managed to find
a solution last night. I tried all the firmware versions on the
web, the older firmware worked with the printer but I lost my
wireless. In the end the only firmware that both had the print
server working and the wireless was the beta version, 2.5.5 RC3."
HP OfficeJet 6110 (Some functionality only works when
directly attached to a PC USB port as indicated by HP).
HP LaserJet 1200: Martin reports "works perfectly
with LPR printing in both Windows and Linux using CUPS."
HP Laserjet 1220: Santi reports "Following the
excellent instructions available on the Draytek
printer FAQ (there was no mention on how to configure or use
the print server on the delivered manual), I was able to get the
printer to work fairly quickly"
HP Laserjet 5P: Narendra reports for the 2600G "I
used a USB to parallel converter which I had. Windows XP picked
up the printer when I plugged it into a USB port. I plugged it
into the router and followed the instructions from Draytek website
to create a LPR .... works like a charm. I did have to disable
print spooling to get it to work."
Lexmark E230 & E230: Leigh reports "Lexmark's
Post Office lasers...230 and 232 models and a Samsung CPL510 all
work fine. Funnily enough I had all sorts of dramas printing from
these using other printservers but the Draytek and either of them...
no problem at all"
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Canon LBP 5200: Terry reports "I have a Draytek
Vigor 2600 plus that won’t talk to my Canon LBP 5200 colour laser
at all. I followed the instructions for the Draytek to the letter,
still nothing".
Dell 922 (multifunction): Vicky reports "does not
work with the Draytek 2800 router, much to my annoyance."
Lexmark X1170 (MFC)
Lexmark X63 (MFC): Olly reports
"I've just got a Draytek Vigor 2600+ and I found that Lexmark
X63 printers categorically don't work with it as they have a proprietary
driver.
Samsung ML-3050: Nick reports "I have a DrayTek
2600VG ADSL Router, and for several years I have successful used
a Brother HL-1430 connected to its print server as part of my home
network, and I never ever had any problems. I have just bought a
Samsung ML-3050 laser printer, and connected it to the same DrayTek
print server, and I just cannot get the printer to work. I have
tried installing (alternatively) both the GDI drivers and then the
post script drivers which Samsung suggested, but all to not avail."
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| Edimax
PS-1206MFG |
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Works
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Doesn't work
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Canon Pixma 8500: Nick reports "The setup on the
network was a doddle even for a dunce like me but it didn't support
the bidirectional facilities of the printer as claimed so I could
not see ink levels nor control the printer setting. This printer
needs that as it basically only has an on off button and paper selector
switch."
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| LevelOne
FBR-1409TX |
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Works
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Doesn't work
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HP Deskjet 5150: Marc reports "works with USB HP
Deskjet5150 from XP. havent got Linux to work yet"
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HP Laserjet 1000
HP Photosmart 7960: Daniel reports "I've tested
the LevelOne FBR 1409TX Router with a HP LaserJet 1000 and HP
PhotoSmart 7960. Neither printers work."
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| LevelOne
FPS-3003 |
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Works
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Doesn't work
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Canon S820: See Alex's comments for the HP 2410 PCS below.
HP 2410 PSC (MFP): Alex reports
"it works a treat. I am using it with a HP 2410 PSC (MFP)
and a Canon S820 (not a MFP). Not only can I print with it, but
also use its scanner (Using level one’s MFP Server Control Software).
It’s very simple to set up I was up and running in 20 minutes. It’s
advisable to upgrade the firmware. It fixes some issues with HP
MFCs. The links are on the print server’s maintenance page.
[However,] I can not see the ink status level with the Canon
S820. I receive the following error “Cannot communicate with printer.
Turn Enable bidirectional support on in the printer's Properties
dialog box”. I received the same error with my previous Router/print
server (Net Gear FWG114P). As part of the installation one of their
steps was to turn off the status monitor. With my HP PSC 2410 my
black level is running low but it has not come through the print
server. I received a visual indication via the LCD screen. I dare
say it is because the software isn’t compatible with sending those
status messages via the networking device. Apart from that, I am
very happy with my device, especially the fact that I can still
use the scanner via the FPS-3003 without having to connect it directly
to my PC. If only I could say the same for the fax service."
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| LevelOne
WBR-3402A |
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Works
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Doesn't work
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HP Deskjet 3325: See Panos's comments for Epson Stylus
Photo R300M & Brother HL-1470N at right.
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Epson Stylus Photo R300M & Brother HL-1470N: Panos
reports "The PRTmate print software doesn’t work with
all printers. I have 2 printers : HP deskjet 3325 and Epson Stylus
Photo R300M. With the HP printer connected to the Router’s USB
port everything works great. With the Epson printer (USB 2.0)
doesn’t work. I send print jobs and the status of the Printer
is “Not Ready”. I have downloaded the latest firmware for my router
and again nothing. I tried with another printer in my job Brother
HL-1470N and didn’t work again. The Router USB Port uses the RFC
1179 …if this helps. Level1 says that there is no Router Problem
or Port Problem just an incompatibility… "
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| Linksys
PSUS4 |
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Works
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Doesn't work
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Brother HL-1435 (advice from Linksys)
Brother HL-1850 (advice from Linksys)
Brother HL-1430. Update: When I tried this one
myself I couldn't even get the link light on the PSUS4 to even
recognise this printer, but recent updates may have increased
support to many printers that previously didn't work. See macosxhints.
Be warned tho', this is a Macintosh site and I don't as yet have
a positive report of this working in a Windows environment. However,
if it's recognised by the Macs now then I can't see why it wouldn't
also be now working on Windows.
Brother HL-2040: Mike reports "Got a Linksys
PSUS4 the other day to connect our Brother HL-2040 Laser up to
our home network. To cut a long story short, tried all the fancy
Linksys stuff, and eventually un-installed everything and used
the IPP print stuff. Works a treat on 2 desktops and 1 lappy."
Deeran reports: "Success on Windows XP, using only the
print driver (not all the fancy software provided by Brother),
and printing via IPP to the following URL : http://IP-Address-of-PSUS4/usb1.
Success on Mac OSX 10.4, using the Brother supplied CUPS drivers,
and upgrading to CUPS 1.2.1 (available from www.cups.org).
Use lpd, with queue name "lp" (ell-pee). Doesn't seem to work
with CUPS 1.1 as supplied with 10.4, but works with the upgraded
CUPS."
Brother HL-2460 (advice from Linksys)
Brother HL-5150D
Canon Pixma iP350: Ken reports "I tried the Linksys
PSUS4 print server to connect to a Dell AIO 922 all-in-one color
printer. The print server was installed successfully on a WinXP
laptop, print job was successfully reaching the print server,
but the error message "Could not connect to the printer" popped
up. in the beginning I thought it is the USB port on the print
server, but I tested it on 2 other printers, a HP LaserJet 1300
and a Canon Pixma iP3500, worked fine with both."
Canon i560: Frank reports "The printer is responding
well in my network with all computers (5, with XP, SP2), and it
prints but... when the ink has run out or when it's out of paper
the computer doesn't prompt. So when it's out of ink, there's
no way to tell which colour. (black, yellow, magenta, cyan?).
The only indication there's a problem is the PSUS4 blinks with
an orange light.
Also, with bi-directional printing on, the printserver reports
that the printer isn't responding, and with bi-directional printing
off, it reports that the bi-directional printing must be enabled."
Canon I865 - Jan reports: "Normal printing (Word, etc.)
Works fine. - Photo-printing does NOT work. The message is that
the printer is off-line (but it is really online). This is caused
by the fact that for photoprinting there is a need for bi-directional
printing (stated in appendix B of the PSUS4 manual)
Update: photoprinting works using the right software. Using
the original printing tools from Canon it fails, but using a package
like IVIEW I could make perfect prints. ".
Canon BJC-3000: John reports "Since installing
it three days ago the PSUS4 has not missed and beat. It was very
easy to install, with a simple user interface and clear instructions
for installation onto the administrator's computer and also onto
the other user's computers. The print server was easily found
from each of the computers and easily activated from the printer's
setup windows. I have tried sending two large printouts to the
server from different computers and there were no problems with
queuing at all."
Canon BJC-6200 (advice from Linksys)
Canon MP830: Stuart reports "I have had success
with the printing side of things. Scanning and reading memory
cards does not work at all, as expected. To set it up, I installed
all the printer software (not necessary really) and the drivers
whilst it was connected locally, did a test print – all working
ok. Then setup the PSU4 and installed the drivers. After that
I just needed to ensure the MP830 was connected via the printer
server port. The local machine shows the printer is online and
ready and having the ‘Bi-Directional Printing’ option set makes
little difference either way. You will receive an error when printing
(the Canon management software pop up), but this disappears when
the job has spooled. Some of the maintenance options work, such
as turning the printer off remotely, but others don’t (those that
need to poll the printer for information)."
Canon S520 (& Samsung ML-1610): Greg reports "I
have been using the linksys PSUS4 for a while now with a canon
S520. Works a treat if installed as a linux printer via an LPR
port. As a standard network printer it would install and work,
then not work, then work again etc. Just replaced the canon (which
died) with a Samsung ML-1610. This also installs and works well
via a LPR port, again like the canon it didn't like being a standard
network printer."
Canon BJC-S400 (advice from Linksys)
Canon BJC-S 6300 (advice from Linksys)
Canon IP3000: Luis reports "Printing: Successful.
Sharing: Successfu.l Double-sided printing: Successful. Ink Monitor:
Failed. I am using the latest firmware from Linksys."
Canon LBP-2710 (advice from Linksys)
Canon PIXMA iP4000: Ron reports "I have done
many test prints from Windows XP with no problems. I have done
a number of B&W photos from Photoshop Elements 3.0 with no problems.
I have done a number of colour prints from Photoshop Elements
3.0 with no problems. Bi directional communication seems to be
available but not coordinated. For example. The BI-Admin utility
reports that the printer is configurable but when you click on
the printer configuration button a blank window with column headings
comes up but no environment variables. The user manual gives you
an example of what you should get. It is just like looking at
the printer preferences page in printer properties. I have an
incident report with Linksys at present on this issue. The user
manual also tells you that if bi-directional printing is NOT available
then the printer configuration button will be greyed out. I think
that I will have the same issues that Frank reported with the
Canon i560 on ink issues as my print monitor also tells me that
the printer is not responding."
Peter reports "I connected the printer through the
USB port on the printer server. It printed beautifully on Windows
XP. However, When I tried printing from my Mac Mini on mac OS
10.4.9, it did not recognize any of the canon driver even after
I have downloaded the driver from canon website. I downloaded
CUPS print driver and it was able to recognize the PIXMA 4000
but the prints came out corrupted."
Canon PIXMA iP5000: John reports "Working great.
Must turn off Bidirectional printing."
Canon PIXUS F890PD (advice from Linksys)
Canon PIXUS 950I (advice from Linksys)
Canon S200
Canon
i560
Canon
S800
Dell 1700n: Paul reports "Works with Dell 1700n.
This printer is reputed to be a rebadged Lexmark E332N"
Dell A920 (advice from Linksys)
Dell J740 (advice from Linksys)
Dell S 2500 (advice from Linksys)
Epson C1100 colour laser: Keith reports "setup
with no problems at all, runs beautifully on mixed network of
SBS2003, XP, ME & W2K. Not bi-directional so don't run Epson Status
Monitor or you'll get a connection error for every print you do,
but always prints successfully provided you keep the paper up
to it. Has run continuously since July 2005 to now (November 2005)
with the exception of mains power outages, and it always comes
back up when power is restored."
Epson Stylus Color 760: Eric reports "From a
Win2000 and an XP SP2 machine using the most recent drivers: works
without problems. Not bidirectional so you cannot check ink levels.
But only as long as you do not interrupt printing (i.e. out of
paper) or try to stop a qeued job from the PC. If that happens,
the PSUS4 locks up and cannot be reached via it’s built in webserver.
It has to be restarted (power off/on). But all in all very workable.
On Linux systems (Kubunto, Mandriva) using the CUPS printing system
it locks up when the end of the print job is reached. The last
couple of lines are not printed, the last page is not ejected,
restart of the PSUS4 the only option."
Epson Stylus CX 5200 (advice from Linksys)
Epson Stylus Photo 890
Epson Stylus Photo 895: Terry reports "Working
good with no problems to report as yet. 2 Units tested."
HP Deskjet 656c: Peter reports "I followed set
up as described in Linksys info and it works fine. It did a windows
printer test page and printed a page from internet explorer OK."
HP Deskjet 930C: Andreas reports "There is no
problem between printer and printserver. It works."
HP DeskJet 932C (advice from Linksys. However, also reported
as not working by Doug in the "doesn't work" column.)
HP DeskJet 952C (advice from Linksys)
HP DeskJet 952C: Eddie reports "...it works great!"
HP DeskJet 970C (advice from Linksys)
HP
Deskjet 990C
HP Deskjet 3420: Dave reports "Works – currently
using non-bi driver. Haven’t tried the bi driver yet."
HP DeskJet 5550
HP
Laserjet 1012
HP
Laserjet 1200
HP LaserJet 1300 (advice from Linksys)
HP LaserJet 1300: Ken reports "I tried the Linksys
PSUS4 print server to connect to a Dell AIO 922 all-in-one color
printer. The print server was installed successfully on a WinXP
laptop, print job was successfully reaching the print server,
but the error message "Could not connect to the printer" popped
up. in the beginning I thought it is the USB port on the print
server, but I tested it on 2 other printers, a HP LaserJet 1300
and a Canon Pixma iP3500, worked fine with both."
HP OfficeJet 5510 Brandon reports that it didn't work
from the supplied instructions but he did get it working in the
end like this - "I installed the printer per the supplied
instructions, selecting the "HP OfficeJet" driver. It seems to
figure out that it's an "OfficeJet 5500 series", and so it names
it that way automatically. Once the wizard was finished per the
instructions (and the Test Page failed to print), I added another
NEW printer via START>CONTROL PANEL>PRINTERS & FAXES>ADD PRINTER.
In the wizard, I selected "Local Printer", with "Automatically
detect" UNchecked. I then selected my print server port (which
was created from the Linksys-supplied procedure mentioned above)
from the port dropdown menu, and chose the "HP DeskJet 990c" driver,
& then finished the wizard. Now I have 2 printers that don't work.
I then went back & selected Properties from the printer I just
added (the 990c), and switched its driver to "Officejet 5500 series".
now it works like a charm! you can then delete the original leftover
printer. This worked on 3 separate XP machines, both Home and
Pro."
HP OfficeJet 6110
HP OfficeJet 7130 (advice from Linksys)
HP OfficeJet PSC 2175 (advice from Linksys)
HP
Officejet v40xi MFC (Print only)
HP PSC 1400: Rogerio reports "My experience was
with Linksys PSUS4 Print Server. It's a 4 wired Ethernet ports
with 1 USB for the print. I installed it with an HP PSC 1400 All-in-one
model and the print function worked fine under Windows XP SP3.
The problem appear when I tried to share the scan and copy functionalities.
The proprietary HP software called HP Digital Imaging Monitor
simply says the printer is not connected to the computer, so it
does not receive the data from scanner, thus not allowing to share
the scanner and copy functionalities from my All-in-one printer.
The idea when I bought the print server for me and my father was
to share the printer so I would be able to use my laptop and print
without turn on my father's desktop. But when the scanner didn't
work, I had to reconsider and remove it from our network since
I don't want my father bugging me why the scanner is not working.
Probably before it goes to my junk box, I will try to sell it
at Mercado Livre (Brazilian e-Bay) :o)"
HP Photosmart 3420 (advice from Linksys)
Lexmark
Z32
Lexmark
Z53
Kyocera FS920: Peter reports "No problems with
multiple computers and users for over a year."
Minolta
PagePro 1250W
Samsung ML-1610 (& Canon S520): Greg reports
"I have been using the linksys PSUS4 for a while now with
a canon S520. Works a treat if installed as a linux printer via
an LPR port. As a standard network printer it would install and
work, then not work, then work again etc. Just replaced the canon
(which died) with a Samsung ML-1610. This also installs and works
well via a LPR port, again like the canon it didn't like being
a standard network printer."
Samsung
ML1710
Xerox P8ex laser: Andrew reports "I have been
using the Linksys PSUS4 print server with my Xerox P8ex laser
printer for the last 4 months and have experienced no problems.
I have the print server connected to my wireless router a Netgear
WGR614 v2 and it works a treat - if a tad slow in printing from
Adobe Acrobat."
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Brother
HL-1440 Update: Recent updates may have increased support
to many printers that previously didn't work. See macosxhints.
Brother MFC-7220 (multifunction):
Mike reports "These PSUS4's seem to forget who they are
(their static ip) and sometimes even turn on dhcp (internally)
which really is hard to track down for me as they are all used
at thin clients with restrictions turned on (no command prompt,
etc. - they're quite locked down)."
Canon LBP-1120: Gavin reports "Tried different
methods to connect, and various settings as suggested on your
site. But no luck."
Canon LPB2410: Dave reports "Doesn’t work....
doesn’t even seem to work with Windows Printer Sharing. Something
about the CAPT system from my recollection."
Canon PIXMA iP4000: Peter reports "I connected
the printer through the USB port on the printer server. It printed
beautifully on Windows XP. However, When I tried printing from
my Mac Mini on mac OS 10.4.9, it did not recognize any of the
canon driver even after I have downloaded the driver from canon
website. I downloaded CUPS print driver and it was able to recognize
the PIXMA 4000 but the prints came out corrupted."
Dell AIO 922: Ken reports "I tried the Linksys
PSUS4 print server to connect to a Dell AIO 922 all-in-one color
printer. The print server was installed successfully on a WinXP
laptop, print job was successfully reaching the print server,
but the error message "Could not connect to the printer" popped
up. in the beginning I thought it is the USB port on the print
server, but I tested it on 2 other printers, a HP LaserJet 1300
and a Canon Pixma iP3500, worked fine with both."
Dell
InkJet A9XX series
Epson C66
Epson C86
Epson Colour 800: Peter reports "After hooking
it into the network I was able to get it working with the PCs,
but not very well. Sometimes it would print out everything perfectly,
but more times than not, it would just stop mid page and abort
the print job."
Epson 860: Eddie reports "Epson Color 860 was
not compatible even after working with Linksys Help Desk and making
it a one-way device with a Linksys PSUS4 Print Server with 4 Ethernet
ports. After hooking it into the network I was able to get it
connected with the PCs, but it would not work. It would just stop
at the top of the page and abort the print job.
I reconfigured PSUS4 with an HP DeskJet 952C - with this printer
it works great!"
Epson CX4600: Simon reports no luck with this one.
Epson R300: Dawne reports "I have been trying
for days to make a PSUS4 work with my R300 photo printer. Called
Linksys, Epson, Windows and Dell many times -- useless. Windows
2000 SP2."
Update: "...got Linksys to admit they had some Laboratory
test issues between the PSUS4 and the R200 and R300 printers.
In the case of the R200 they now say it flat won't work, for the
R300 they say it will work if you can disable the Epson Print
spool manager. Note: Epson says this is ridiculous as spool control
is now within the confines of the windows operating system. To
make a long story short thanks to your web site I tried a WPS54GU2
due to some documented success with the R310 and got it to work
with my R300. Note: the auto setup program is still useless and
won't detect the print server so everything had to be done manually."
HP DeskJet 932C: Doug reports "The Linksys PSUS4
does not work with HP932C or HP1018 When either one of them is
plugged to the PSUS4, the detect software cannot detect the print
server. When you unplug them, it finds the server. When you plug
them back in, the print server disappears again. Nice that Linksys
does not support HP, at least these 2. But Plug in my old EPson
C82 and no problem."
HP LaserJet 1018: See Doug's comments above for the Deskjet
932C.
HP Laserjet 1020: Mark reports "I tried setting
up the HP Laserjet 1020 to the Linksys PSUS4 wired print server
and the print server hangs! According to HP the 1020 does NOT
support network printing at all. The print server does not work
at all with this printer. After I unplug the usb cable from the
print server and reset the power to it.. It works fine, I can
see it on the network, but hangs every time I try to use it with
this printer plugged in."
Camille reports "the 1020 will work with the PSUS4
only if you have initially reset the Printer's USB port by connecting
the printer's cable to the PC USB port and have printed a test
page. Transferring the cable from the PC to the print server
after the initialization process, will have the printer and
communication working perfectly. The problem is that you have
to repeat the procedure each time the 1020 is turned off. Is
this a bug with the 1020 USB port or initialization process?
I don't know. I don't have acces to the firmware."
HP OfficeJet K60
HP
Officejet K80xi
HP Photo Smart 7260v
HP
Photosmart 7350
HP
Photosmart 7550
HP
Photosmart 7660
HP
Photosmart 7960
HP
PSC 1350xi
Kyocera FS1010
Lexmark
X83
Lexmark Z55: Roger reports "I have tried for
3 days to get my Lexmark Z55 to work with Linksys. Linksys suggested
that is will work,(reports suggest it works with the Z53) but
thus far I have struck out. I have found that the home market
for networking USB printers requires the user to do a lot of research,
otherwise printers and print servers may not be compatible between
many manufacturers."
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| Linksys
WPS54G |
| Manufacturer's
List |
Works
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Doesn't work
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Epson Stylus C63: Sean reports "The only
issue that I came across during the set up was an error message
saying that the Epson print spool manager needed to be disabled
before the port setup could be completed. The instructions given
in the error were very generic and didn't seem to apply to my
model of printer. Even though I didn't initially disable the Epson
print spool manager, I was able to successfully complete the setup
and print from my desktop PC. I've since found the option for
the spool manager under the Advanced tab in the printer properties
(not what was suggested by the error message).
Using the setup wizard on the included CD only allows WEP security
to be initially configured for wireless use. Once you have the
print server set up I used the web interface to enter the WPA
key for my wireless network (not sure why this couldn't have been
included in the setup wizard)
Using a wired connection is definitely the way to go when setting
up the printer port for any client PCs that will be accessing
the server wirelessly. This is something I've learnt from previous
wireless experiences but wasn't covered in the installation instructions.
The setup wizard also gives you the option of using a IP address
automatically assigned by your router (if your router is being
used to automatically assign IP addresses), or set a static IP
address for the print server. The information provided is fairly
basic and there is no real advice given on what method should
be used in particular circumstances. I initially configured my
print server to be automatically assigned an IP address by my
router, but later changed this to a fixed IP address through the
web browser so that I could set up an IP port on my laptop to
print using the laptop's wireless connection.
Once I got it set up I've had no problems printing from my desktop
or laptop via the print server, it wasn't that hard to setup and
get working, but I think that the instructions and setup wizard
could be a bit more informative for people who are not familiar
with setting up this type of equipment, particularly if they are
aiming the product at home users."
Epson Stylus Photo R320: Steve reports "I installed
EXACTLY per Linksys’ detailed installation directions and prompted
wizards from the CD. (This requires that the printer be installed
to a physical port on the pc first, then the printserver port
software, then change the printer’s port.) You are also required
to install the complete management software on one pc to configure
the PrintServer. Configuration was easy, and you have the choice
to run in either wireless or wired mode after configuring the
device using a wired Ethernet connection. All XP Pro SP2 PC’s
in the subnet so configured were able to print to the Epson Stylus
Color R 320, even though the USB port on the WPS54G is USB 1.1
(Slower Printing). No Printer Status other than Online or Offline
is displayed in the Epson Print Monitor – i.e.- no ink levels!"
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Canon LBP-3000: Tek reports "I have a linksys
WPS54G USB Print Server but could not get it to work with the Canon
LBP-3000 Laser Printer."
HP K80xi (multifunction): Kim reports
"After 2 failed attempts with tech support, I finally was
told to give up."
HP 3052: Jeffrey reports "I have spent the better
part of three days trying to get my linksys WPS54G print server
to work with my HP3052 Multifunction printer. I give up. I can set
it up—i.e. I finally got the setup ‘wizard’ to recognize the hardware
on the network... that took a day or two…and I can even ping the
print server from my computer. But despite trying the supplied drivers,
software, upgrades, and even prayer, I cannot print a darn page.
Same for a different computer on the same network."
HP Color LaserJet 3550: David reports "After about
ten minutes trying to print, the print queue has an error and if
switching back to USB the printer will not print till the Printer
is reset or restarted. The printer will not even wake up or flash
the data led when using the WPS54G print server. Restarting the
PC or print queue makes no difference."
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| Linksys
WPS54GU2 |
| Manufacturer's
List |
Works
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Doesn't work
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Canon ImageRunner 2200: Nathan reports "I tried
using the WPS54GU2 with a Cannon ImageRunner 2200 hooked up via
parallel and it didn't work. I tested using the print server's
web interface to send a printer test page to the printer. The
Canon sounded like it warmed up, and on the printer job list (on
the Canon's LCD display), you could see the printer job and info,
but it wouldn't actually print. We did not go so far as to try
and print from a workstation, because this particular printer
driver seems to "require" the printer to have Canon's proprietary
network adapter installed. We also were just trying the Linksys
as a quick workaround to the customer having to buy the more expensive
Canon internal network card."
Epson Colour Stylus 640 (parallel)
Epson R300: Dawne reports "To make a long story
short... I tried a WPS54U2 due to some documented success with
the R310 and got it to work with my R300. Note: the auto setup
program is still useless and won't detect the print server so
everything had to be done manually."
Epson Stylus Photo R310 (USB): Darrell reports "Some
weeks ago, I purchased a Linksys WRT54G Wireless Router and a
Linksys WPS54GU2 Wireless Print Server. I had a few hiccups getting
things to connect to my broadband service. But things are running
very well now. I have an old Epson Colour Stylus 640 (parallel).
When I connected the Print Server, it just started to work. It
was so easy. I have since purchased an Epson Stylus Photo R310
(USB). Once again, no problems getting things to work. I run Windows
2000. In both cases, I installed the print drivers on the local
PC, then ran the Print Server Utility. So I can definitely say
that the Linksys Print Server works very well with these 2 Epson
printers."
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HP1020: Cheuk reports "After I set up WLAN security,
the print server communicates on the network. As soon as the USB
cable is plugged in, the printer server hangs, cannot be seen on
the network and requires power to be cycled."
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| Linksys
WPSM54G |
| Manufacturer's
List |
Works
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Doesn't work
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Epson R300: Calvin reports "I have ran it under
W2k, and XP SP2. Biggest hassle is ocassionally it disconnects
even though the application says you are connected. I found I
had to turn off the auto-disconnect feature in order to print
a CD. Afterwards, I could turn it back on. If I left it on auto-disconnect,
it would stop printing after about 1 inch of the CD was printed....
(about 30 seconds). It is pretty cool to have different people
printing to it within seconds of each other so I don't want this
turned off permanently.
Setup procedure: All printer configuration must be done first
with a wired USB connection, then you disconnect Wired connection
and run the configuration software. It creates a new printer driver
with "network" installed in front of the printer name."
Lexmark 3330: Piotr reports "After few months
I can say it's working quite good. I've connected multifunctional
Lexmark 3330 printer and I'm very pleased because:
- I was able to provide full support - printing and scanning,
- it's working on both Windows XP and Windows Vista,
- and on both machines I'm even useing dedicated Lexmark's software!!!.
It's very good, because on Linksys webpage there is information
that with Vista and 7 they can't guarantee anything. And frankly
speaking I had some problems with Windows Vista but now it's working.
I failed with this installation on my own laptop, but I'm not
so offen at home so I don't have much possibilities to work on
that. I think when I'll find some time I'll try once again. Anyway
WPSM54G + Lexmark 3330 (I believe in general whole 3300 family,
because there is one driver & software for all models) + Windows
XP/Vista work! ;)"
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| Minitar
MN54G4R |
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Works
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Doesn't work
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Brother HL-1440
Canon BJC6200 Peter reports that it had trouble with
Windows ME but others work fine.
Canon S100SP
Canon S200SPx
Canon S400SP
Canon
S520
Epson Stylus C41UX: Anonymous reports "The Minitar
MN54G4R worked flawlessly with my Epson Stylus C41UX. Installation
was as simple as following the provided instructions. The status
monitor works fine, except that you cannot see ink levels available
(greyed out). Printing excessive amounts of images over a wireless
link had no effect on the operation of my network or the router
itself- it worked quickly and efficiently."
HP 5550: Brett reports "This combination works
well. However, you need to turn off "Enable bi-directional support"
in the printer driver, else you'll be waiting 2+ minutes for every
print job to process."
HP Deskjet 930C
Lexmark x215 MFC: Per reports
"Set up was easy - just followed the instructions in the
Minitar. Obviously for scanning the printer need to be connected
directly to the computer but printing works a treat."
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Canon
i350
Canon I450: See Don's comments for Samsung ML-1710P below.
Samsung ML-1710P: Don reports "I have been unsuccessful
in communicating with either my Canon I450 or my Samsung ML-1710P
printers when attached to the MN54G4R router/print server. In
each case the Print Server advises "Online ( Printer standby!!
)" but the Windows Print queue eventually reports "Error - Printer"
Turning off bi-directional printing made no difference. The computer
used to test printing was directly (CAT5 - Not wireless) attached
to the MN54G4R I am running with Windows XP Professional."
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| Netcomm
NP3680 |
| Manufacturer's
List |
Works
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Doesn't work
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Canon i9950 inkjet: June reports "Works with
Canon i9950 inkjet, but status monitor doesn't work &, given you
need to be able to monitor ink cartridges (all 8 of them), it
isn't practical"
Canon 9950F: June reports "Works fine with Canon
9950F scanner"
Samsung ML-1740: June reports "Works fine with
Samsung ML-1740 mono laser"
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Canon iP6700D: Reg reports "Works partially.
The print queue is configured in LPR mode. Documents will print
despite a bogus message saying "Printer not responding" and none
of the features that allow you to interogate the printer work.
Thecus N4100PRO NAS (Print Server Function)- Canon iP6700D Will
not print."
HP DeskJet 3550: Reg reports "This pairing does
not work. When attempting to print the windows "Test Page" from
either Vista or XP, 108k of 192k is printed, the printer locks
up, the print queue locks up and it takes a lot of detailed work
to clear the print queue and delete the printer. I tried configurations
using RAW (port 9100) & LPR printing and gave up."
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| Netgear
FWG114P |
| Manufacturer's
List |
Works
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Doesn't work
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Brother HL-2040: Tree Frog reports "I've
had success setting up a network with a Netgear FWG114P, including
a Mac (OS10.3.9) and a PC (WinXPSP2). I have a Brother HL-2040 running
like a dream from the usb port on the FWG114P. I actually installed
the drivers for the network version of the Brother printer (the
HL-2070N) on both machines and set the port to the FWG's port. A
couple of instances of weird behaviour early on, but all has been
very well for a month or so now. Can't tell you about low toner
messages etc. yet".
Brother HL5040: Robin reports "works great with
Netgear FWG114P (both original and V2)"
Brother HL-5250DN: Rob reports "has been found
to work with Netgear FWG114P usb print server (mswin2K, mswinxp
& linux) - not quite p&p but possible."
Canon i350
Epson Stylus C20UX - Rob reports that although
it works, the Epson Status monitor cannot detect the printer to
be able provide reports on ink cartridges and maintenance tasks,
and it only works with Firmware v2.0 for the router - couldn't
get it going at all with the original firmware.
HP1200 laser - Mark reports that he's had
this running for 8 months with no problems and setup was easy.
HP PSC2410 Photosmart (multifunction):
Tim reports "Our HP PSC2410 Photosmart multifunction works
with the USB port on the router IF you follow the Netgear instructions
and enable LPR counting. Obviously most of the multifunction features
do not work unless you reconnect the USB to a computer, but its
printing features have happily worked with 3 XP wireless laptops,
a wired computer, and a wireless ibook running mac os panther (you
cannot select the printer model in OS X for some reason, though
try another HP home printer until you find one that works - then
you have no problems) the FWG114P seems to handle multiple jobs
reasonably well, and I may be wrong, but low ink messages work over
the network, and no paper messages certainly do."
Samsung ML-2010: Edwin reports "I have used the
Samsung ML-2010 successfully with the Netgear FWG114P (Router with
USB Print Server) with no problems, using the supplied Netgear Print
Server Setup program on the PC's"
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Canon Pixma ip6000d - Kathie reports "I am very
disappointed in this printserver as it is one of the reasons I
bought the router. The printer does print at usb1.1 rate (it is
a usb 2.0 printer). This might not be so much of a negative, but
the ink and status monitors for the printer do not work. It turns
out this printserver does not have bi-directional support. So
far, I have printed jobs from fine pictures to simple documents
successfully. There is an external control for this printer outside
windows so it might be possible to live with the problem. (The
printer does let you know it may be low in ink when the computer
is off.) Every single time the printer begins to print, there
is a warning that the printer isn't communicating with the computer,
(since this is the status monitor feature) and the print job will
complete successfully."
HP 2300 Laserjet (possible problem)
Lexmark Z55: Arnd from Germany reports "I tried
it for days (including the NetGear-Support) --> no chance. There
is a response '...no connection between printer and Computer."
Lexmark Z600 (fails with a response from the driver that
a USB connection was not detected)
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| Netgear
PS121 |
| Manufacturer's
List |
Works
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Doesn't work
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Brother
HL-1440
Brother HL-1850: Matt reports "no probs running
a Brother HL-1850 through a Netgear PS121 on Win 98, 2000 or XP.
This includes over the wireless G network. Just had to set up
so that the MAC of the print server address was allowed b/c the
filtering in the router is turned on."
Canon Pixma IP3000: Justin reports "My wife's
computer has a wireless connection, and my computer connects directly
to our router. The printing functions and quality work great,
just as before using the print server, but the status monitor
fails to provide any information. It simply states that the printer
is offline. However, sending advanced settings to the printer,
such as the auto on and shut-off timer, as well as duplex printing,
all seem to work just fine. I'm still weighing the pros and cons
of my wife being able to use the printer when my computer is turned
off vs. having the status monitor to tell us when it's time to
buy new ink. Maybe I should just buy an extra USB cable."
Canon MF5650: John reports "This combination
works fine, although Canon and Netgear report any CAPT based printer
requires a CAPT based print server. I have got an AXIS CAPTPORT
which works nicely with the LBP range."
Canon Pixma MP780: Lilia reports "I have found
that the Netgear PS121 print server works well for a Canon Pixma
MP780, for printing only, of course. I had used used it on a wireless
network on a HP & Toshiba laptops running on Windows XP SP 2 and
Windows XP Media Edition. The software was very easy to set up
and the only trick is to add the printer again when the software
is installed instead of using the printer already installed on
the PC. Everything worked until I upgraded to Vista. Netgear does
not have drivers for Vista for the new device so I am now looking
for another print server that works with my Pixma."
Canon S600: Lyle reports "I am running 3 computers
(all with Windows XP Pro) on a network with a Linksys router.
I had no trouble with setup or using the print server. The only
thing that does NOT happen with the print server attached is that
I used to be able to see a graphical display that warned me when
the ink cartridges were about to run out of ink. I no longer get
that. Not a big deal because, if the printer is out of ink, it
doesn’t print."
Canon S750: Elliot reports "plugged it into a
spare port on a 5 port gigaswitch (Dlink DGS-1005D). Ran the config
CD, changed its IP address address to 10.0.0.100 to be in the
same range as my alcatel 510 router. Ran the CD software on each
PC to find the print server and have had zero problems in the
last 2 months."
Epson Stylus Photo 750: Polly reports "I was
able to get a Netgear PS121 working with Epson Stylus Photo 750.
Clients are either XP or XP SP1 boxes."
Epson photo Stylus 1400: Rod reports: "I can
print from all the computers connected to the router. I am however
experiencing a significant delay with my desktop which is connected
to the router via a CAT5 cable. All the other computers print
without any issue. I have a permanent address assigned to the
server. I have tried the following:
1) disable firewall
2) Delete and reinstall using control panel
3) Delete and re-install using print wizard
4) use both LPR and RAW setting
5) print with and without spooling
6) upgraded the firmware from the netgear website.
The delay also occurs when I try to open the printer properties
dialogue box from the control panel. I’m not sure if this is a
server or router issue since the computers connected wirelessly
don’t have the same delay".
HP Laserjet 1300: Ben reports "Installing the
driver did not always work properly the first time using the Netgear
wizard, but second time it worked fine. HP 4p/6p drivers also
worked fine on the machines not wanting to come to the party.
All machines were Windows XP Pro SP1."
HP 1320: Nancy reports these instructions for working
with Linux -
Thanks to the instructions on http://www.oscarm.org/news/linux/322.php
, I was able to get my HP 1320 printer running on Debian Linux.
This is how I did it.
First, I reset the printserver to the factory defaults by disconnecting
the power, pressing in the reset button, reconnecting the power
and continuing to hold down the reset button for 10 seconds after
connecting the power to the printserver. I then pressed the reset
button again for about a second. This resulted in the red LED
flashing and the default name of the print server, the current
IP address, gateway, subnet mask, etc., printing out of the printer
attached to the server.
I set the URL on browser to the IP of the printserver, which in
my case was http:// 192.168.0.103. I then clicked on the "TCP/IP"
section and set DHCP to disabled and entered a high IP with the
same subnet mask and gateway as printed out, i.e., 192.168.0.120,
255.255.255.000 and 192.168.0.1. ( I pick an IP higher than anything
usually assigned by the router (DHCP) on my network to avoid future
conflicts with other devices in case my print server was disconnected
and reconnected to the network or the power went out.) I then
saved the setting, which assigned a fixed IP to the print server.
With the CUPS printer service installed in Linux, I added a new
printer with the Wizard, choosing Remote LPD Queue. For the Host
I put the new IP of the printserver, i.e., 192.168.0.120 and in
the Queue I put the default name of the print server as was found
in the printout or in the Server Status section from the browser
pointed at the new, fixed IP. I chose the default driver for the
printer, which in my case is the HP Linux driver, Foomatic/hpijs
(recommended). That driver works for a number of HP printers.
. I finished out the rest of the wizard with a name for my printer
and the defaults. The test page printed out beautifully.
Kyocera FS1020D: Thomas reports "works fine but
from time to time (once in a week) the PS121 stops reacting, no
ping nothing."
Lexmark Z65: Phil reports "Have tried running
Lexmark Z65 printer with Netgear PS121 print server. I can get
it to work on one PC running XP SP2 with Winprint processor and
RAW data format. It works uni-directionally so prints OK but other
services originated from the printer such as low ink level, out
of paper don't work. The Lexmark Z65 doesn't work in mixed environments
so my other PC's running Me won't work either through the PS121
or through Windows file and printer sharing with the printer connected
direct to the PC via USB. As I have only one PC running XP I don't
know if two or more XP computers would also be successful."
Samsung ML-1430: Barrie reports "I got my ML-1430
working with the Netgear PS121 (after much head-banging), when
I realized that the one Samsung printer tested by Netgear did
not support test pages from the PS121. I had been printing test
pages all along and they did not work, but I could tell something
was happening because the printer would start its engines and
get ready to print, and then nothing would happen for long minutes
until the printer timed out. As soon as I printed something normal,
voila! it worked. I have an iBook G4 running OS X 10.3.9 and a
Dell Latitude running Windows XP Professional 5.1, and the print
server is accessed via a Linksys WRT54G wireless 4-port router.
So anyway, I never wanted to install the PS121 print manager software
(didn't trust it, plus it was very convoluted when this is ridiculously
simple to set up via web browser). I just brought up a browser
window to my router, found in the DHCP client table which IP address
had been assigned to the PS121, and then directed my browser there,
using the default user name and password specified in the Netgear
documentation. I then disabled DHCP on the PS121 and statically
set the IP address to something outside the range that my router
assigns dynamically (in my case, the router uses 192.168.1.100-149
for DHCP, so I made the print server 192.168.1.175). Set the mask
and gateway, but left the serve name at its default, and then
turned my attention to setting up printing from the various computers
in our household. By the way, this may be obvious to some, but
for the less technically inclined out there it is worth noting
that the browser now needs to point to the static IP address for
the PS121, in my case, http://192.168.1.175, if you want to still
have contact with the PS121. Anyway, to set up printing on my
Mac, I followed Oscar's
instructions here for CUPS on OS X (after also following his
instructions to upgrade the PS121 firmware): Then, I followed
these
instructions for installing the ML-1430 PPD, which exists
but is not in the file referenced by Oscar. Comments on the steps
outlined in the above link:
Step 1: I didn't really know what kind of driver I had (GDI is
not listed), so I just followed "the database" link and looked
for the ML-1430, then downloaded the PPD file. I had the Samsung
OS X printer driver installed before I even tried the PS121, because
I was printing directly from by iBook's USB port before, but I
don't think it's now using it, since I never had to enter the
path when installing the PPD. So I'm not sure which type of "driver"
the ML-1430 uses on OS X; I think it just uses the PPD.
Step 2: Skipped all the stuff about the drivers above and saved
the PPD file where it says to.
Step 3: I couldn't find init.d so I just rebooted my Mac (it accomplishes
the goal of restarting the CUPS daemon, although it's less elegant
than restarting just the process as instructed).
Step 4: I couldn't easily find wget on my Mac and didn't want
to mess with installing it, so I just downloaded the files from
the links provided and moved them to /usr/bin and linked the foomatic-rip
file to /usr/libexec/cups/filter/foomatic-rip (this is the path
where the filters are stored in OS X; note that it differs from
the path provided in the instructions). I didn't continue with
steps 6-8 or the "Printing" section; I just went to the Mac System
Preferences, Print & Fax, and added a printer from there. Now,
as Oscar describes, the Samsung ML-1430 appears as an option (you
may need to experiment with settings or printing or maybe even
reboot again; I remember it was not there at first but then I
think I tried sending a test page from http://localhost:631/printers--even
though, as I now know, test pages are not supported on PS121/ML1430--and
went back and it was suddenly there. BTW, you can not do administrative
functions using the CUPS web interface shown in the beginning
of this long parenthetical aside, so I only used it to generate
the futile test pages, and went the Mac System Preferences route
for adding and deleting this printer/server numerous times until
I realized test pages weren't working but printing was). For Windows
XP, I used the instructions at http://fuschlberger.net/miscellaneous/,
which don't require the silly (and again untrustworthy, to me)
addport.exe program that Netgear claims is "required". I opted
for the "other possibility" he mentions (substitute your static
PS121 IP for 192.168.254.254 below): "The other possibility is
to use the IP-address as the interface instead of the printer
share. Select local printer, then TCP/IP-Interface, enter the
IP-address, it will be converted automatically to IP_192.168.254.254,
select LPR as the protokoll [sic] and enter lp as the name of
the printer queue." When it asked for the driver, I didn't find
it at first (but I think I was just not seeing it), so I selected
"Have disk" and then opened up a separate search window to find
the path of the existing ML-1430 driver I was already using. Then,
after all that, it asked if I wanted to use the existing driver,
so of course I said yes, and now all 3 laptops print beautifully
to the ML-1430."
Samsung ML-1710: Stuart reports [Connecting via Netgear
FM114P Router with the PS121 plugged into it] "We run
two laptops (Dell Latitude and Inspiron with XP Pro & Home) with
Netgear wireless cards and have had no trouble printing at all."
Samsung ML-1750: Oscar reports "I've got a Samsung
ML-1750 connected to a Netgear PS121 working via CUPS. It's configured
as a remote LPD queue which I can print from a Linux desktop PC
and an Apple Powerbook."
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Brother MFC7420 (multifunction): Tammy reports "It
will print, but it will not print everything. If you have something
you are wanting to print and it might be six pages long, you might
get every other page printed. In addition to that, for every page
that prints whether it has something on it or not, it will feed
a piece of paper through. So this is telling me that the server
is talking to the printer, but it is not actually printing everything."
Epson Stylus Photo R300: Mark reports "Just thought
I would tell you that I tried the Netgear PS121v2 device with
my Epson Stylus Photo R300, and it did not work, confirmed by
the supplier. I had, naively as it turns out, thought that since
the Epson Stylus Photo R310 was on the compatible list, mine would
be fine."
Epson Stylus R390: Bob reports "Netgear
PS121v2/Epson Stylus R390/Vista Ultimate 32-bit No good. The test
page prints copy after copy. Each copy is garbled...it seems like
a new copy is started ~75% through printing a page, so the second
page print "on top" of the first. I have tried setting up a printer
port using LPD with byte counting enabled, but to no effect."
HP Deskjet 1120C: Chris reports "I have a HP
Deskjet 1120C with parallel cable converted to a USB cable. The
PS121 printer server actually detected and setup with no problem,
but when I send a document to print nothing happens. By that I
mean the job will show up printing, but it never does".
HP Deskjet 3500
HP Photosmart 7960: Pynevillage reports "The software/driver
installation for the PS-121 appears to install flawlessly. The problem
occurs when I am in the port setup wizard for the PS-121. It states
there is no printer. When it asks to select a printer to open a
port, there is no printer, so I select the refresh screen. The wizard
then shows me the list of available printers (only one in this case
HP7960) and I select my printer and click on the okay box. The pop-up
window asking to print a test page comes up and I say yes. It appears
to be printing and gives no indication that it did not print. It
then takes me back to the previous screen and shows no printer again.
If I hit the refresh tab again, it shows my printer again, and the
process starts all over again. It is kind of a round robin catch
22. You can’t get past this wizard screen. Some other important
information: When I go to the Control Panel and select Printers,
then select the HP 7960, it shows as many print jobs in the Queue
as I have sent test pages from the Wizard set-up. Unfortunately
they just sit there. I have check all of the printer settings according
to all instructions (both supplied by NetGear and internet searches)
that I can set, and they are all correct. The bidirectional printer
function box is not checked. I have pinged the print server and
it is there and the ping comes back very quickly."
Samsung ML-1610: Linden reports "I spent a number
of hours determining that a Samsung ML-1610 will NOT work with a
Netgear PS121 print server".
Update: Linden reports that he did get it working after tracking
down a Vista Driver from Netgear but the installation process was
labourious and confusing and not helped by the lack of a written
guide.
Samsung SCX-4x16: Scott reports "I installed four
of these (PS121) on a small network and every week or so
one of them takes out the switch. By "take out" I mean the switch
will not route any traffic - it is locked up hard. Once the offending
PS121 is disconnected from the network the switch continues to work
as per normal. I replaced the switch with a different make and model
and still the problem persists. When they are not doing this they
will just stop responding altogether - cannot connect to web interface
or even ping the unit. I've never seen a device bring a whole network
to it's knees like this! These devices are connected to a Samsung
SCX-4x16 series and three Epson Stylus Photo printers."
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| Netgear
WGPS606 |
| Manufacturer's
List |
Works
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Doesn't work
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Canon s520: Paul reports "It prints perfectly
O.K. and also still allows me to use my InkSaver utility. Only
drawback I have is that the Status Monitor does not now work."
Epson C40UX: Steve reports "works great."
Epson Stylus Photo R200: Peter reports "Works fine
first time. Must turn off bi-directional support or "Communication
Error" messgages."
Epson R800: Adam reports "worked perfectly first
go."
HP 3940 Deskjet: Steve reports "works fine with
the WGPS606 Print Server, first go."
Samsung ML-2510: Peter reports "works just fine".
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Canon LBP3200: Adam reports "after 4 tech support
calls and 6 hours wasted, Netgear finally admitted that this printer
definitely ISN’T compatible despite being on the “compatibility
list”."
Dell 942 (All-In-One): Steve reports "Does not
work (I am not surprised :))"
HP-1018: Peter reports " Doesn't work one bit.
Makes print server hang; disrupts using 2nd printer."
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| US
Robotics USR5461 |
| Manufacturer's
List |
Works
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Doesn't work
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HP 6122 - Steve reports "the print server prints
fine from both types of clients (wired & wireless),
BUT -- whenever I print a document from Microsoft Word, trying
to print a second document hangs the program, requiring a re-start
of both the program AND the router in order to re-print. The
server also chokes on longer Adobe Acrobat (v. 8.0) documents."
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Robotics USR7500 |
| Manufacturer's
List |
Works
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Doesn't work
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Espon Stylus Photo 2100 - Jean-Pierre reports "I
recently purchased a US Robotics USR-7500 Print Server to connect
my Espon Stylus Photo 2100 (also known as 2200) through its
USB port. No problem to report, hardware and software installation
went like a charm. Everything is working correctly to print,
the only problem is with Epson status monitor, this is how I
found your site, this very usefull status application does not
seem to work on physical connections that are not Parralel (Centronics)
or USB. I have seen the same problem occurs with all other printer
server."
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Dell AIO 922 - Plaka reports
"SR 7500 USB Print Server
Hardware ID: 04D0468C28
Firmware Version: 6034
Does not work with Dell AIO 922. Both server and client install
are no problem. Server install incl BiAdmin no Problem. Web interface
and BiAdmin shows Printer Status Offline - Idle. Correct web interface
and BiAdmin but not able to print a test page. Clients are not
able to Print ... .. can not communicate with the Printer"
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| Viewsonic
WPS-100 |
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Works
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Doesn't work
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Samsung CLP300 - Graham reports "Works a treat
(with the exception of no status monitor) - More complex to set
up than needs to be but works 100%"
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WS-NSU62P |
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Works
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Doesn't work
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Canon iP4500 - Dave reports "I got it working about 98% with
my Canon iP4500 printer, except it doesn't seem to transmit back
data like Ink Levels to my pc. But it does the print server thing
very nicely for the $25 I spent. I did have one issue setting up
the print server in that Windows 7 sets up the ports to print in
RAW mode, and this little print server has to be sent data in LPR
mode.... Once I got that issue figured out, it has been easy to
add the server/IP port to each of my LAN pc's...."
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