I have a US Robotics wireless router with print server and I can't get the print server function to work...

[rnmcd]

I have been battling this for almost a year now and I want to get the print server function to work but after over a dozen calls to the USRobotics tech support I still can't get it to work (they are kinda boneheads...I get different responses every time). I use my desktop as a print server but that desktop obviously has to be running all the time).

I bought the US Robotics 8022 Wireless Router with Print Server and analog modem port.

The problem I am having with it is trying to get the printer to work through the through the router. I think some of the problem is that the printer is bidirectional (but it can be disabled) and the router doesn't work with bidirectional printers.

I have an HP 4L laser printer. It is not a network printer.

My goal is to be able to send print jobs directy to my printer via the router (I don't want to use my other PC as a print server).

Any suggestions?

I hope I don't have to buy a new printer to get this to work.

 

[boomerang]

I have a Netgear w/Print Server. It came with software on a CD to get the PrintServer running. You install the software on each PC and it provides a printer port for the setup when installing a printer. Don't know how else to explain this, hope this makes sense.

I can get mine to work without the software but you have to go through a whole ordeal to print to an IP address on the network. I did it in Xp and I know I couldn't tell you how I did it.

Check for software on any disks you got with it.

Check the bottom of the page.

 

[rnmcd]

Hi Boomerang. Thanks for the post. I started working on this problem months ago and I don't recall if I d/l that program you linked. I'll do it again just in case.

Is you Netgear router wireless?

 

[boomerang]

No, mine is not.
But if your network is working, then it's just an issue with the print server.