I have a network printer with an IP of 192.168.0.5, connected to my router (192.168.0.1). My desktop and laptop are also connected to the same router (assigned via DHCP to 192.168.0.2 and 0.3).
I can ping the printer from both computers.
I can access the printers http configuration from both computers.
I set up the printer on each computer, adding a new port (standard IP address) under Windows XP, and installing the appropriate driver.
When trying to print the test page, or anything else, from either computer, it sends a menial amount of data to the printer (according to the print queue, about 78 bytes), then stops transmitting and eventaully times out.
Any ideas on how to fix this? It is a Tektronics Phaser 550 printer. I have reviewed all the stuff on the support website without success.
More reasonably, can the printer do a local test page? I don’t know that printer, but most have a test built in. Printers that talk but don’t move are pretty common.
Is the cable good? Move it to one of the PCs and see if it can still talk to the other.
Finally, is the router letting the printer acknowledge that first packet? The ping suggests it does, but it wouldn’t hurt to look at the router configuration.
>More reasonably, can the printer do a local test page? I don’t >know that printer, but most have a test built in. Printers that >talk but don’t move are pretty common.
Yes, it self-prints fine.
>Is the cable good? Move it to one of the PCs and see if it can >still talk to the other.
Yes, the cable is fine.
>Finally, is the router letting the printer acknowledge that first >packet? The ping suggests it does, but it wouldn’t hurt to look >at the router configuration.
Well, I don’t know. My router (Netgear MR814) does not recognize it as an “attached device”, even though it is attached to port 3. It seems to use Microsoft Networking for this screen though, so I’m not convinced this is a problem. After all, if I can ping it and http it, I can communicate with it…right?