On Wed, 22 May 2013 11:57:26 +0100 steve-ALUG@hst.me.uk wrote:
On 21/05/13 17:13, Chris Walker wrote:
If I set the host address as 192.168.1.1, the system picks the port number as 9100. I've looked on the router and all I can see is a WebAccess External Port set to 9000 so I'm guessing that 9100 isn't likely to be about right.
Wild stabbing in the dark here:
I'm guessing if the external drive shows up as smb:/ then any attached printer would show up as a smb (samba) printer share. Try something that will browse samba shares (e.g. a Windows machine(!),
I have both Windows 7 and Windows XP running under VirtualBox but neither of them see the printer. I can also run Windows 7 natively and that too doesn't see the printer.
or something like smbtree) and see if it shows up. If it does, it should be reasonably straight froward. If you use the printer config dialog box and point it at the right share, you should be then able to install any drivers, or configure the printer as required.
If it's not a samba share, then it'll be more complicated. I'd think the first thing you'd have to do is check the port number and IP address are right. Try something to do a port scan (nc, nmap?). Once you're sure of the IP address, perhaps try using telnet to see if you can talk to the port. Try sending it some text and a ctrl+L which should hopefully cause a page feed. That'll only work though if the router is presenting the port as if it was a local usb/printer port. If it's working as a print server running a print queue, it'll be more complicated.
I ran nmap against the router IP address but that doesn't show the expect port open. It only shows 2 ports, namely 53 and 80.
On my copy of Lubuntu, the ways a network printer can be connected to include: via ip address, or via dnssd, or Internet Printing Protocol (ipp, ipps, http or ipp14), LPD/LPR or Windows print share via Samba.
I've being doing some more searching and a Brother page says I should look at http://localhost:631/printers and if I do that, it shows the printer and I can clear the queue (it had a test print shown). But I'm guessing that's a red herring.
If I delete the printer and start from scratch, I get to the config page and the first item it asks for is the Device URI. Doing a google search on that term is what got me to the Brother page. If I skip that and chose network printer I can ask it to search. I keyed in the host IP address of \192.168.1.1\ and hit 'Find'. It says 'No printer was found at that address. Next option is AppSocket/HP JetDirect and it's there that the Port number of 9100 is prefilled. Again, I can enter the Host IP address and click forward but it never connects to the printer as it shows the test page sitting at 12%. I can delete that using the web page I mentioned above of course.
Hope that helps in some way.
It indicates that I'm going in the right direction but ultimately I'm not successful sadly.
I'll keep searching for ways to do this as I'd like to make it work so that my wife can print from her wifi-connected laptop.