DSM-G600, DNS-3xx and NSA-220 Hack Forum

LifeTap wrote:

I went to add a printer, add a local printer, uncheck detect plug and play.

Thanks, I'll try that when I get home.

May I ask which printer you're using? After some googling I've found information that the printer I have (HP LaserJet 1020) is a GDI printer and I find it hard to belive that I will ever get it to work after reading this - unless I do some serious hacking.

But; I must confess that I think that what you suggest may be a proper workaround as this method will (most likely) download the firmware to the printer, which I suppose don't happen when connected as network printer.

Wow, I never would have even thought about issues like that.  I almost bought a HP 1020.  I ended up with a brother HL-5240.  It seems to work very well.  I have an epson stylus photo 870 that I have not tried yet.  Anyone know if I put a usb hub on the dlink if I could print to two printers?

I have an HP PSC-2710 ( or somthing similar) and it will not work with the DNS-323 due to lack of support of network drivers on the PRINTER side... can't find a SINGLE driver that the DNS will recognize. I can SEE it show up as a printer on the network, but thats about it.

Printing works here, using a Samsung ML-1210 b/w laser, a smallish GDI (!) model with 8mb RAM.

Simply double clicked on "lp" in the explorer and used the Samsung driver instead of the Microsoft built-in one. The Microsoft driver was slowing down my computer while clicking around in the printer property dialogs, but the Samsung driver does not. The MS driver did nothing, the Samsung driver printed without a hitch on the first try.

Hi valyno,

I have succesfully tried (PC) printing using the DNS-323 but failed on my Macbook. What happened to your Macbook? Printing using the DNS-323 as a print server for my Macbook has been my problem since...forever How did you do it? Please advise

Last edited by zzmanlh (2007-07-29 03:43:38)

Hi Valyno,

Thanks for your reply, I tried sending this problem to d-link and they replied to me promptly with another problem

"If the steps I gave do not help at all I would like for you to call Macintosh help centre. We now know that the print server is compatible with the PC’s, there should be no reason why it does not communicate with MAC systems. I am sorry however we only offer limited support for MAC systems and cannot suggest any further tract of support besides contacting the manufacturer of the OS."

I guess we just have to find another way. I will keep you posted. Thanks

LifeTap wrote:

I found that mapping to it as a network printer, \\DNS-323\lp was very slow and hung my system often when checking printer properties or printing.

I was able to correct that by mapping to the printer a little differently. 

I went to add a printer, add a local printer, uncheck detect plug and play.
Add a local port, put in \\DNS-323 name or ip\lp  (ie for me  \\192.168.1.100\lp)
Select the correct printer driver and you should be good to go.

This fixed and issues I had with mapping to it as a network printer.

perfect! the slow network printing was annoying to say the least. now its zippy..!
cheers

Start by installing the printer on your computer and then edit the properties - change the port to point to the DNS-323

Are you using front slash or back slash?

EngineerJoe wrote:

I've been having problems setting up network print support on my DNS-323. Just for clarity, I named my DNS-323 "Toaster", and I gave it a static IP of 192.168.1.100 and I have upgraded the firmware to 1.03. The printer I am trying to add is a Samsung CLP-300. Throughout the entire process, if I go to "Network Places" I can see a shared file for the DNS-323 "web_page on DNS-323 (Toaster)", and if I go to "view workgroup computers", I can see the "DNS-323 (Toaster)" and I can open it up with no problem.

If I open up IE and type in "\\toaster\lp" I am asked to install a print driver and it installs fine. If I go to "lp on toaster", sharing is not enabled (I've tried this with and without it enabled and it still doesnt' work), and in "Properties" under the general tab, there is no location written down. I add the location \\toaster\lp and I still can't print to this printer.

If I go to "Printers and Faxes" and try to add a printer port, click "File" and then "Server Properties", and then click on the "Ports" tab, I do one of three things

[1] when I try to add a TCP/IP printer and click "new port", regardless of what I type, I get "The device could not be identified" and under "Generic" there is no Samsung printer drivers

[2] when I try to add a local printer and enter the port name as \\toaster\lp it says "The network path was not found", (yet if I immediatly run "\\toaster\lp" I am connected to the network printer)

[3] when I try to add a local printer and enter the port name as "\\192.168.1.100\lp" it gives me the same problem (again, if I run "\\192.168.1.100\lp" I am connected to the network printer)

All my firewalls have been disabled, and if I go to the DNS-323's web interface and look at the "Status" tab, it recognizes my printer "Samsung CLP-300 Series" I'm hoping to find answers here before spending another 2+ hours on the phone with D-Link Tech support

Thoughts?

I was having the same problems...until last night.   So...I am posting my solution here so others can benefit. 

In my formatting of the hard drives on the DNS-323, there must be a bug or something...because there should be a hidden folder (for the print queue) on the inserted formatted hard drive of the DNS-323 that is named:

.lpd

The dot makes it invisible of course.   I could see the printer on the network...and add it in Windows XP per the D-link manual...but when I would sent a page to print...it would not print.  The reason?  The queue folder of .lpd was for some reason no longer present.  So...on my MAC machine (of all things), I enabled the ability to see hidden files, browsed over the network to the DNS-323, saw that there was no folder with the name .lpd, then I simply created a folder on the DNS-323 and gave it the name .lpd .

Now, when I print to the DNS-323 from my windows machine...it all works beautifully.  And on my MAC running OSX 10.4.11, I used the printer setup utility to add a network printer, held the option key while clicking on the "more printers" options at the bottom of the setup utility...then selected advanced on the top drop down menu...then on the second drop down menu selected "Windows SMB printer"...then entered the address 'smb://192.168.x.x/lp'  (where the x's are the completion of the IP address for the DNS-323)...then selected the proper printer driver in the last drop down list, in my case the HP LaserJet 1200...and voila...instant network printing from my MAC...and my windows XP machine to the DNS-323. 

The problem for most (ouside of the older printers that need their firmware like mentioned in other threads here)...is that the folder called .lpd that rests on the root hard drive of Volume-1 for your DNS-323 seems to either be deleted when re-formatting the drive or not added at all.  So...thus there is no place for the print queue to be located.  And pages sent to the DNS-323 to be printed are just lost in the abyss.

D-link really needs to fix this and provide much better documentation and troubleshooting tips for the print server feature of the DNS-323.  It is almost as if the guys who were doing the print server section of the development got fired after their initial completion of their work and no one else on the DNS-323 team knows how to continue their work...so it sits there kind of half implemented and poorly documented...and the rest of the print server guys at D-link don't like the DNS-323 team so no one is willing to throw them a bone. 

ugh!

Last edited by Music4Film (2008-04-09 21:43:58)