Network Newbie: Can't seem to get "Shared Printer" to work
I've been struggling with this for close to a week now and it's driving me (and my wife) crazy.
I have a nice, older iMac (see specs below) that I am trying to (desperately) connect to my wife's shiny new MacBook in order to share a printer.
I went to the Belkin website and used their "wizard" to get set up wth an N-1 wireless router (nice!) and a "2-port USB print server" (not so nice). Well, I managed to get the router working, but the print server is being a pain.
I can get the "printer setup utility" to see the server (via the server IP addressing), but I can't get anything but "generic postscript printer" (via the "print using:..." pull-down menu) or listing of a couple of printers whose names are close to, but not exactly the same as the printer I'm trying to hook up (in this case HP Photosmart D7360). I spent an hour or so with Belkin support and that was the best we could do. I was able to get the printer to print from both the iMac & the MacBook but after spitting out the job, the printer would say that it was still printing while the computers would say that the job is complete. I have another, older printer that I tired to hook up and got the same results.
I also tried connecting the printer directly to the iMac and using the "print & fax" system perferences to turn on "share printer". The printer would show up on the MacBook, but anytime I tried to print anthing, the beach ball of death would appear.
Anyway, I'm hoping somebody will be able to steer me in the right direction before my wife and I get a divorce over my obsession to get this priting thing going.
Thanks in advance.
iMac 700MHz G3 Mac OS X (10.4.6) SuperDrive Upgrade
Thank you for your response, but... I saw the light!!!
After countless hours of frustration with technical support from both Belkin (not Mac friendly) and even Apple ("I'm sorry, but we don't offer connection support with non-Apple products"), I ordered an AirPort Extreme on Wednesday, recieved it Friday, configured it to in about an hour to print from both computers on Saturday, and will repackage all of Belkin's stuff and return it on Monday.
I just can't believe how much trouble I could have avoided if I bought the perceived "more expensive" AirPort in the beginning.
This just adds to my allegiance to Apple!!!
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