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