Networked Printing Through a Windows PC

I just upgraded my network to Linksys N router. Most of connections are working, but I have two vexing problems. I cannot print to Laserjet that is connected to an HP Laptop. I have tried several of the suggestions on the forum (using CUPS, manually entering through system preferences) but so far neither is working. The printer looks like it is configured and available, but when I try to print, I get an NTSTATUS_CONNECTIONREFUSED error. Does anyone have any other ideas of something I might have overlooked? The other problem (related) is that finder cannot see the shared documents on the HP. The converse works fine - the HP can see the Imac and works fine. The other odd wrinkle is that the homeshare feature of Itunes works both directions. Any ideas would be much appreciated.

The inability to connect to a shared folder on the PC is a concern and like you said somewhat related to the printer connection issue.
When you added the printer queue using the Print & Fax > Add Printer > Windows, where you prompted to enter your Windows account information to see the printer share name?
Also, could you open Print & Fax, select the current Windows queue, click Options & Supplies and then General tab. Then copy the print queue URL back here. Curious to see what path you have...
Pahu

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Printing through a Windows computer.

I'm working on a 1GHz Power Mac G4 desktop that is connected with Ethernet to a Linksys BEFW11S4 wireless router. The printer is connected to a Dell Dimension 4300 by USB. The question for me is, even though I can get the printer to show up in my printer search list, I can't get anything to print off of it. Does anyone know a possible solution? Any ideas would be greatly appreciated. If you have any questions about details or anything, just leave me a message. Thanks for your help!

I have a Mac Mini running Leopard and I print through a Windows XP computer with printer sharing turned on. My printer is a Samsung ML-1710.
The printer shows up in the network as expected, but initially I had a problem in which the job was sent, the printer spun up then stopped dead.
I tracked the problem to the driver setting on the Mac, which had defaulted to Generic Postscript Printer. Since Leopard had no driver for the ML-1710, I got it from the Samsung website, installed it, and changed the print driver to the proper one. Then it worked fine.
I guess the important thing is that you are running the correct driver for the printer, as unlike WinXP, it doesn't install a network printer driver for you.

Unable to install hp Color LaserJet 3600n network printer on new Windows 7 (64bit) PC.

Unable to install hp Color LaserJet 3600n network printer on new Windows 7 (64bit) PC. According to Microsoft Windows Compatibility Center website (http://www.microsoft.com/windows/compatibility/windows-7/en-us/Details.aspx?type=Hardware&p=HP%20Col...) this printer is compatible.
I have tried everythingto no avail. HP will not support and have, very little online resources addressing this particular issue. What should I do?

This may help: http://h20000.www2.hp.com/bizsupport/TechSupport/Document.jsp?&objectID=c02538616&lang=en&cc=us
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Hooking up a Lexmark printer through a 'windows' network

I am trying to print from my eMac which is hooked up to a network, which is set through a windows computer. The printer is hooked up to the windows computer as well and I am lost, any help out there?
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Thank you so much for your help, I followed the steps and had NO problems. What a huge relief and time saver that will be for me. Thanks again!!
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Network printing through ADS

Hi,
I need the correct procedure to configure my Network printer which takes authentication through AD. My Macbook 10.7.3 is joined to Windows AD domain. I have the correct drivers for the Printer also.( sharp MX 2310U )
Many Thanks.
Nagendra

With the Mac already bound to the domain then there should be no need for additional authentication to connect to the Windows shared printer. So if you open Add Printer and select the Windows view, you should see the domain and then the print server and then the shared printer. If you do get a prompt when clicking on the Windows print server, enter your Windows credentials, ensuring the user name is preceeded by the domain name, ex: domain\username.
Another note is the driver. Some Mac drivers don't work that well to Windows shared printers. So if the Sharp is a Postscript device, try the Generic Postscript printer included with Lion to make sure things work. If the Sharp does not support Postscript but does support PCL, then you can use the Generic Laser Printer included with Lion.

Printing a PDF document from a network printer hosted on Windows Print Server

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We have a use case where a XFA form needs to be merged with the XML file and later be printed on a printer hosted on Windows Print Server.
While I know the first part of merging the template with the data file, I am stuggling to get my document printed.
Here are the options that I have already tried -
1) Used the generatePrintedOutput to render a flat PDF and convert it into a PS format.
2) The output of the above service was input to the "sendToPrinter" service with following configuration settings
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    Printer Protocol     : DirectIP
    Server URI            : \\ <IP address of the Print Server>     NOTE: The Print Server is hosted on a different domain & is a Windows Server
    Printer Name        : \\ <IP address of the Print Server>\<name of the printer>
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OS -> Unix
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When I used these settings and invoked the process, I got the following exception -
2011-03-07 11:13:39,047 ERROR [com.adobe.livecycle.output.exception.OutputException] ALC-OUT-001-403: Could not connect to the DirectIP Server: \\<IP Address of the Printer Server>.
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Therefore I tried to check if I am able to Ping the Printer Server from my Livecycle Server and found that the ping was successful.
Next - I changed the Printer Protocol from DirectIP to SharedPrinter keeping the rest of the settings same. In this case - when I invoke the process, it did not throw any error , but it did not print any document as well.
Any suggestion where I have gone wrong? Pls let me know if you would need more information to help me resolve this issue.
Thanks & Regards,
Priyank

Well I found the answer......
I had to do the two steps below -
1) Go to Admin UI, "Trust Store Management -> User & Password Credentials" and add a profile for my Printer server with login ID and password which can access the printer.
So in the "User & Password Crendentails" page, I click on "add" and fill the following values
Profile : \\ <IP address of the print server> ....... (It is important that you write the name correctly..for example " \\10.10.234.212"
USername : <user id who has access to the printer>
Password : <password for that user Id>
2) In the sendToPrinter service, I used CIFS as the protocol and I have the proper Server URI as below
\\10.10.234.212\<printername>
And it worked ! .....

Network printer configuration in windows

Hi All,
we are on win2k3 withECC 6.0 and sqlserver 2005, i have created the new printer thru spad and added in the user workstation as network printer from add printer option .
For one workstation we add by logging in the system , but for more than 50 or more workstations is there any way to add the printer .
Please suggest..
Thanks,
Subhash

I'm not sure if I understand your question.
The idea of an network printer is to create it centrally in e g ECC.
There's no need to do anything at the workstation.
I can imagine that 50 users might not share the very same network printer so there might be more network printers in the system.
Then it's a matter of setting the correct default printer for each user.
unless you have 50 users, all with local printers connected to their workstations.
Then I suggest that you invest in a couple of network printers instead of using front-end printing technology.

Network Printing Problems with Windows 8.1 and HP 8600 Officejet Pro

I can not print or scan from my Dell 2720 after the system has gone to sleep. My printer shows as connected to my network. Most time I have to completely restart my PC to get it to work but even that doesn't correct the issue most time. I have removed and reinstalled the printer at least a dozen times and updated the drivers several times. Also another oddity - my router is a dual-band (2.4 & 5 GHz) and my printer only connects to the 2.4 GHz connection which I understand is normal but any device attempting to print must be connect to the 5GHz band or nothing will print. So essentially I have two problems. Any suggestions?

Hi @mhmost,
I would be happy to help you print to your 8600. Running the Print and Scan Doctor might help. The HP Print and Scan Doctor is a free utility (tool) that helps to quickly resolve common printing, scanning and connectivity issues including but not limited to:
Connectivity:
USB: Verifies that the USB connection from your computer to the HP product is working correctly.
Network: Verifies that the network connection between your computer and your network is working correctly.
Device Status Test: Checks for device errors such as out of paper, paper jams, carriage stalls, and paper feed issues, and then provides instructions for fixing the error.
Driver Check: Checks for missing or corrupt driver files.
Device Manager: Checks for problems in Device Manager that would prevent printing.
Device Online: Checks if the product has been paused or set to offline, and then sets the status back to online if necessary.
Print Queue: Checks for and clears pending print jobs in the print queue (a log of print jobs waiting to print).
Port Match: Checks the port settings for the HP product.
Device Conflicts: Checks for conflicts with other drivers, such as other printer brands.
Ink Issues: Checks the cartridges and ink levels for issues that affect print quality.
Print Settings: Checks and adjusts the print quality settings.
Test Print: Prints a test page for print quality evaluation, and provides options for cleaning and aligning the printhead if necessary.
Scan Tests: Checks the scan mechanism, drivers, and registry entries.
Source:Try the HP Print and Scan Doctor for Windows
Click here to download and run the Print and Scan Doctor> >>>>> www.hp.com/go/tools
If that does not resolve the issue, post back and let me know if there are any symbols other than green check marks and what they are next to of course. The wrench is not always easy to spot as the wrench and the check mart are in the green circle.
If you see only green check marks (), the tool did not find any problems.
If you see green wrenches (), the utility identified an issue and corrected it automatically.
If you see yellow exclamation points (), the test failed and required user action, but the step was skipped.
If you see a red X (), follow the on-screen instructions to resolve the issue.
As for the frequency, you are correct, the printer will not work over the 5.0GHz frequency, only with the 2.GHz.I suggest disabling the 5.0 frequency, and running on only the 2.4.
Thanks, I look forward to hearing back from you.
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Printing to a network printer from a Windows 8 PC.

I installed an HP printer onto my iMac and then went wireless with it, sharing it so other iMac users could print when logged in. That all works. I now have a Windows 8 PC as well and want to print to this printer. The PC is on the network and can see the printer but when I try to print it says the printer is off-line. The iMac is turned on.
Thanks.

Thanks. I have done that. Everyone who has an account can log in to the iMac and print to the printer wirelessly. I just don't know how to allow a Windows 8 PC on the same network to print to it. I think we got this to work a while back when we had a Windows VISTA PC but that is long gone now and I don't remember the magic. Maybe in the iMac printer sharing I need to find the Windows 8 PC on the network and add it to the list somehow? I have also heard we have to install the printer driver on the Windows 8 PC too. So I am still investigating but I appreciate the quick reponses.

Home network printing problem from Windows 8

I have 3 PCs on my home network:
1.    Windows XP desktop (Pro SP3) with HP 6500 E709a USB printer.
2.    Windows 7 desktop (Ultimate SP1 64 bit) with HP 1018 USB printer.
3.    Windows 8 (64 bit) laptop.
Both printers are NOT Ethernet printers.
All computers can see each other and share folders on the home network.
Computers 1 & 2 can freely print on their own printers, as well as on each other's printer.
The problem is with computer 3 (Win8): it can see both printers, but can't print on either (in fact, I can print a test page on the HP 1018 printer from the printer driver on the Win8 machine, but I can't print anything from any application).
I tried to install HP 6500 driver on the Win8 machine, I turned on Network Discovery in the Advanced Sharing Settings on it, but it still doesn't work.
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CP1025nw losing network print connection in Windows 8

In windows 8 with the latest drivers and firmware installed, the printer will setup and print just fine once. Then will just hang each print job in the queue each time after. If I turn off the printer and turn it back on, it works again. I've tried connecting a network cable and setting it up wirelessly with the same response.
I have uninstalled and reinstalled the driver. Printing via cell phone or ipad works seamlessly. This printer worked fine using ePrint before installing the recently released win8 drivers. Please fix drivers ASAP!

Similar problem, maybe this info will overlap/help
I have a new HP OfficeJet Pro 8600 Plus installed on two fairly new Windows 8 laptops wirelessly.
Similar symptoms on both (one is a Dell 17R, other is a Toshiba Ultrabook Z930).
Printer works fine, printing submitted jobs.
Then sometime during day it inevitably stops working mysteriously.
When it is in the broken state, I have walked to the printer and confirmed the printer is still connected/has its wireless IP. And the printer works fine printing from my iPhone or iPad.
But on Windows 8 at a command prompt I cannot ping the printer's IP address 192.169.0.11.
If I reboot the Windows 8 pc, or just wait a few hours, the printer comes back online and everything in the printer queue just prints out.
If I browse the internet wirelessly, that works also.
But I cannot seem to find a simple recipe for getting the PC out of the broken state (short of rebooting) or any way of preventing it getting into that state in the first place.
I suspect that the wireless connection is flakey, going down a few times per day. I have confirmed that the ADSL connection drops occasionally by looking at logs. That shouldn't drop the intranet/local wireless connection but maybe it does briefly. Even so, the wireless is set to auto reconnect and usually does. But occasionally I observe the wireless is disconnected and have to click to reconnect... no idea why the auto reconnect doesn't happen.... but in that case, it sometimes (but not always!!) leads to the printer coming online and service resuming.
As an example, a short while ago this happened and the wireless claimed to still be connected but a ping 192.168.0.11 failed. Yet I was able to browse the internet using the same wireless connection. And the printer worked from my iPhone. Then a few minutes later, everything went back to working and now I can also ping the printer. Usually when it goes offline, however, it takes many hours to get service back. Or I can reboot if impatient and that always makes it work. [This applies to both the Dell and the Toshiba].
The oddest part of this is that the iPhone wireless connection to the printer never falters.
Perhaps there is something wrong with the Windows 8 wireless reconnecting infrastructure, because one can't expect the printer driver to make it work when a ping fails. [When the printer is online the ping always works].
So not necessarily pointing at HP printer driver as the problem, but since it's a frustrating printer problem, I'm hopeful someone reading this forum can point me in a useful direction.

Networking printer,Linux to Windows

I`m trying to set up my Linux os,to share my hp photosmart with windows xp pro. through a belkin g plus router. The printer is installed by usb to my printer. I have no trouble printing on my system. If someone has any idea how to help this senior citizen,I would appreciate it. Thank you.

What kind of printer do you have?
Is the printer connected to your Linux computer using USB?
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Network Printing through Linksys PSUS4 works in leopard 10.5.1.

Over here: http://forums.linksys.com/linksys/board/message?board.id=WiredPrintServers&message.id=578&jump=true#M578
At the linksys forum, user Tpaquette recently posted a gem that enabled me to get my macbook (running 10.5.1) to print to my HP 6110 all in one wirelessly over the network using the gutenprint drivers included with the OS. I thought I'd echo the post over here so that more folks could benefit from it, but perhaps if it works for you, you could go to the linksys thread and add a reply with your printer model to the growing list of those that this works with.
Cheers,
Ethan
http://forums.linksys.com/linksys/board/message?board.id=WiredPrintServers&message.id=578&jump=true#M578
From: Tpaquette
I've spent far too many hours trying to get this to work for me not to share it with all of you frustrated Vista/OS X users out there. The instructions that I've laid out here is from my Canon MP830 printer install.
I believe the steps/process should work for any printer that you can find a CUPS driver for. I'm runing Vista Home Premium, Vista Ultimate and Mac OS X 10.4.10 just in case anyone wants to know what clients I have setup to access the PSUS4.
So here's is what you need to do to get a mixed environment configured for printing..
1. Setup your Vista and XP clients using the setup wizard on the CD that came with the print server. Pretty straight forward, you should have no problems.
2. To setup the Mac, you will need to setup a static IP address on the Print Server. To do this log onto your printserver from your browser. Under the Protocol, TCP/IP tab, input an IP address of your printserver, the subnet and gateway (see example)
I used the following IP Address
IP Address ... 192.168.1.106
Subnet Mask ... 255.255.255.0
Gateway ...192.168.1.1
Save your settings.
3. Download the Gutenprint 5.1.3 drivers for OS X and install on your Mac running OSX.
http://gimp-print.sourceforge.net/MacOSX.php3
4. Using the Printer Setup Utility in OS X, select the "Plus sign" to add a printer. Click on the IP Printer Icon to bring up the IP settings.
5. Select LPD for your protocol, enter the IP address of the print server from above, name your queue "LP".
6. Under Name, enter the name of the printer, under location, provide a location (optional) and under Print Using, select Canon and you will then see all the print drivers that you installed back in step 3. Select the Canon Pixma MP830-CUPS+Gutenprint v5.1.3 driver or any other Printer Manufacture/Model that you need.
7. Once you complete step 6, you should have a new printer added to your list of printers and you should be able to print.
I've only tested this for my MP830 and I'm assuming that the process will work for other printers. If you try this and it works, let others know.
Take care.

For Leopard users, instead of loading the CUSP driver as noted in the post, use the Gutenprint driver that comes with Leopard. Upon trying to print after upgrading to Leopard with the CUSP driver you will error. Quick change of the driver to the Gutenprint versio should do the charm.

Trying to connect to a printer through a windows shared printer

I have two printers connected to a Windows machine. On that machine I have shared both printers. A Brother and a color HP 3600N. When i go into print setting and try to set them up I can see both.
I connected to the Brother Printer and it is working fine.
I tried to connect to the HP 3600N but the print driver was not available for that machine. I went to HPs web site and downloaded the driver and did the install. I rebooted and tried again. Still the HP 3600N driver was not showing up.
I tried using two other print drivers the 3500 and the 3700. With both I was able to "connect" to the printer, but the printer only printed garbage.
In order to make sure the printer was working with the Mac. I disconnected it from the PC and directly connected it to the Mac. It found it immediately and the 3600N driver appeared...the printer worked fine.
I then disconnected it from the mac and reconnected it to the PC...rebooted etc.
Then i tried to find the printer again. Once again that print driver 3600n was not available.
How can I over come this. I need to have both printers connecting to the PC for now
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Mark

Look at the printer sharing instructions on the invaluable iFelix Tech Notes site.
If problems persist, check System Preferences -> Sharing -> Firewall -> Advanced and if necessary clear/uncheck the options to block UDP traffic and enable stealth mode; as long as you're behind a NAT router, those options aren't essential. Windows does seem to put out a slew of UDP traffic, and I've found that blocking UDP/enabling stealth mode block my home eMac from seeing the Windows machine to which a shared HP printer is connected.

Windows network printing to HP Laserjet 4L

Recently got our first mac, an iBook runing OSX 4.4 Tiger. A great part of the deal was that we could get a free printer, a Deskjet 5900 series to replace our old color printer which was not working so well. We have a home network with 2 desktops both running Windows 2000, a printer connected to each one, a linksys modem connected to cable and a linksys router connecting them all via ethernet cable, as well as wireless capacity for a couple of other notebooks (another WIndows 2000 and a powerbook).
When we bought the iBook a concern was that it would work okay with the Windows network. The internet connection and file sharing is working fine, but we still can't print.
After talking with various support people at Apple and HP, we were assured that there was no way to print through the Windows computers, and that the best option was to get either a print server, or preferably a router with a printer port. Furthermore, they said the 5900 series doesn't work through the network at all, and can only be connected directly to the mac. So our only bet was the other printer, an old reliable Laserjet 4L.
So I invested time and money in a SMC Barricade router with a parallel connection for the Laserjet 4L. (It predates USB) This is daisy-chained to the Linksys router. via a crossover patch cord going from LAN to LAN port on the 2 routers. The iBook is now connected to the new SMC router, and the 2 Windows 2000 desktops to the Linksys, and everything talks to everything else, the 2 Windows computers print fine through the router, but I still can't figure how to set up the printer on the mac. I installed Gimp-Print, which has a driver for the 4L, but can't figure out how to get to the printer. The SMC people told me to put in the IP address of the router, which worked for the Windows computers. However, when I tried typing that address on the iBook as HP IP Printing, which seems the best option, it just says Not Found.
I talked to Apple again, and this time they told me I'm up **** creek bacause it's a parallel printer and they are no longer supported. Period. But he said I could try this forum, and if anyone could help me it would be you, gentle readers.
Anyone have any suggestions at all?
iBook Mac OS X (10.4.4) Windows network user

Success! I updated the OS X from 4.4 to 4.5, but the Printer Browser window looked the same. It took a support person to tell me the obvious, that I had to press the little oval button on the top right to expand the window. I then tried installing with CUPS+Gimp-Print, and default queue, but when I tried to print, the print queue stopped itself. I deleted that, and reinstalled, using Foomatic/hpijs, and the LP queue, and that is working fine! So I don't know if the problem was the driver, or, more likely, that the default queue wasn't found.
As for the DeskJet5940, I am now using a Deskjet5850 foomatic/hpijs driver, and so far it is working too. I was able to print a web page with some graphics. I imagine the printer model is too new to have a 3rd party driver yet--maybe one will come out in a while.
But the embarassment of driver riches has given me a new, much less urgent question. I now have 3 drivers available for the LaserJet 4L, the CUPS+Gimp-Print, the vanilla Gimp-Print (both v5.0.0-beta2), and the Foomatic/hpijs. Does anyone have an opinion about which of these is more likely to work well? Does my particular setup (printer attached to parallel port of the router) make any difference?
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