heartworm Posted October 16, 2007 Share Posted October 16, 2007 Can anyone help with connecting to a printer on a network, Hewplett packard 8550 colorlaser printer, run the windows install thing/gone managed to get the drivers from the printer itself, can ping the IP of the printer but i get an error that it cannot connect everytime I try print from it :@ so frustrating Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
caliAl Posted October 16, 2007 Share Posted October 16, 2007 you could create a TCP/IP port to the printer. let me know if you want more info on this? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
caliAl Posted October 16, 2007 Share Posted October 16, 2007 ==>Start ==>Printers and Faxes ==>Add Printer ==>Local Printer but UNcheck the box: detect Plug and Play printer Use existing port: LPT1 ==>Create new port ==>Port type: ==>Standard TCP/IP port (or ==>LPR port for Apple Laserwriter) Port name or IP number: 10.63.40.81 port name: IP_10.63.40.81 (system will fill this in for you) ************************* (Note: for LPR port: IP number: 10.63.40.81 port name: raw ("raw" is required) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
heartworm Posted October 16, 2007 Author Share Posted October 16, 2007 ==>Start ==>Printers and Faxes ==>Add Printer ==>Local Printer but UNcheck the box: detect Plug and Play printer Use existing port: LPT1 ==>Create new port ==>Port type: ==>Standard TCP/IP port (or ==>LPR port for Apple Laserwriter) Port name or IP number: 10.63.40.81 port name: IP_10.63.40.81 (system will fill this in for you) ************************* (Note: for LPR port: IP number: 10.63.40.81 port name: raw ("raw" is required) Thats the way its been done, the printer IP is 10.0.0.20 and thats what we put in, but its still not connecting :S Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
caliAl Posted October 16, 2007 Share Posted October 16, 2007 are you 100% sure that no other device has that address? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
heartworm Posted October 16, 2007 Author Share Posted October 16, 2007 are you 100% sure that no other device has that address? yeah its running from that IP address on a MAC, and when you type that IP in it takes you to the machines software/driver installation and set up, which then gives the same message that it cant find the printer Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Konrad Posted October 16, 2007 Share Posted October 16, 2007 Maybe firewall on computer is blocking communication with other LAN equipment? Or Laser printer is not answering - did you try to ping this ip? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
heartworm Posted October 16, 2007 Author Share Posted October 16, 2007 Maybe firewall on computer is blocking communication with other LAN equipment? Or Laser printer is not answering - did you try to ping this ip? switched my firewall off and its still doing the same thing. Printer is answering when we ping it yeah. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Konrad Posted October 16, 2007 Share Posted October 16, 2007 switched my firewall off and its still doing the same thing. Printer is answering when we ping it yeah. What about internal printer settings? especially port etc? I remember I DID install this exact type of printer in LAN without any tricks at all. What's printer name at printer and Window side? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
heartworm Posted October 16, 2007 Author Share Posted October 16, 2007 What about internal printer settings? especially port etc? I remember I DID install this exact type of printer in LAN without any tricks at all. What's printer name at printer and Window side? We cant really understand why its not working, it should be working cause everything that was done on other machines ha sbeen done, What you mean by printer name, the IP? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
caliAl Posted October 16, 2007 Share Posted October 16, 2007 What about internal printer settings? especially port etc? I remember I DID install this exact type of printer in LAN without any tricks at all. What's printer name at printer and Window side? I've never had a problem either. If you print out a printer configuration page does the TCP/IP section say anything different to what you expect? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
heartworm Posted October 16, 2007 Author Share Posted October 16, 2007 I've never had a problem either. If you print out a printer configuration page does the TCP/IP section say anything different to what you expect? No, everything seems to be as it should, Im thinking itsmore likely to be a problem with my network settings since I cant get a few other network things to work, I cant get Itunes to work over the network too, it should play on the surround sound in the room over the network, and I cant get any torrents to work on the net either, ill have a look at the router settings Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
caliAl Posted October 16, 2007 Share Posted October 16, 2007 If you unplug network cable can still ping the address?If you can ping the print then you should be able to connect to the printer. I used to have a few problems if the old HP jet direct cards but that was due to them being really old Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Konrad Posted October 16, 2007 Share Posted October 16, 2007 We cant really understand why its not working, it should be working cause everything that was done on other machines ha sbeen done, What you mean by printer name, the IP? Edit: Just seen your answer - it is most likely then that port printer is working on is blocked on router. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
heartworm Posted October 16, 2007 Author Share Posted October 16, 2007 Edit: Just seen your answer - it is most likely then that port printer is working on is blocked on router. That would make sense actually, Im using a different router from the macs that are on the network, and untill now I didn't even think of that Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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