Printering over a network problem
OK. My apologies if this is a dimwitted question and the answer is staring me in the face but I'm out of ideas.
Here's the situation: I use my macbook pro over the school network where I teach at in Japan. The printers here are a Fuji-xerox DocuCentre II 5000 and an Epson Offirio LP S4500. The docuCentre driver should be supported in snow leopard as stated here: http://support.apple.com/kb/HT3669#other. The Epson which I used to print on using my 3 year old macbook doesn't seem to be supported anymore.
Anyway, when I go to add printers nothing pops up automatically in the "default" tab although when I go to the "IP" tab I get 4 options under the "address" tab when selected, 3 of which are IP like addresses.
I've tried a variation of protocols and addresses having little to no success. (Trial and Error when all else fails) I've also tried locating the actual print driver under the "print using" tab but I cannot find the supposedly supported driver in that list. My best effort resulted in a lengthy print out of gibberish and this was with printing on a similarly named driver.
If anyone has any ideas on what I should try next that would be fantastic.
Am I missing something about the supported drivers?
Thanks
glendower99 wrote:
Hi,
I recently had to clean install both my g4 desktop and my macbook pro (don't ask). Previously, I could "mount" the g4 or an external drive from the g4 in my devices area on my macbook pro. Since reinstalling the OS softwares (g4 is 10.4.11 and mbp is 10.5.5) this is no longer the case. I can still access the files, but I have to go in through the shared drive area. What do I need to activate? I have a feeling it's something in the shared preference pane on one or both of these.
Thanks.
All you need is to turn on filesharing in Sharing in the System Prefs.
In Finder, be sure to select "connect as" and log into the other computer with the admin password for that computer in order to fully share everything.
If it is already connected in the Finder, click disconnect and then click "Connect as" and login in as noted.
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Dear all,
I posted a previous question concerning sharing a Canon i320 printer and got a swift if disappointing answer. Whilst the answer was entirely correct in that it was a fault with Canon's driver and the lack of a CUPS version, I have found an alternative to giving my perfectly working i320 printer a Viking Funeral which may also answer several other peoples problems. Just as well because it probably wouldn't float anyway.
It may not be news to some but there is an application for OS X called PrintFab - www.printfab.net which seems to provide CUPS drivers for most printers, including the i320. This allows you to share your disappointingly naff printer over a network just like one of those proper printers you should have bought in the first place.
I've just achieved a successful printout using the evaluation version of this software. Sadly there's no such thing as a free lunch. This one costs 49 euros in it's basic form but in these ecologically challenged times, it does allow to continue using your current printer. It is presumably cheaper than Airport Extreme which was suggested as an alternative. It did take a while to print so I'm unsure about performance in that area. I guess with an evaluation version, you can check that yourselves.
Hope this helps.Hi Brie,
I'm not sure exactly what are the 6 steps exactly.... but I did all the check box in ip preferences of both computer.
I found this in the iP help menu
To share your photos on a network:
1-Choose iPhoto > Preferences.
2-Click Sharing at the top of the Preferences window.
3-Select the "Share my photos" checkbox, and then choose your entire library or only the albums, slideshows, or books you want to share.
4-Type a name for your shared items in the "Shared name" field, and a password if desired.
The shared name you enter appears in the iPhoto Source list on computers set up to look for shared photos on your network. If you select "Require password," users will need to enter that password before they can see your shared photos.
DONE ( did not use password)
To look for shared photos:
1-Choose iPhoto > Preferences.
2-Click Sharing at the top of the Preferences window.
3-Select the "Look for shared photos" checkbox.
DONE
Not sure what other step there are to do if any!
michel
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A Bit Off Topic, But Can the HP Photosmart C3140 Be Shared Over a Network?
I was going to get a MacBook and since I need a new printer, this one looks good since it would be free (after the $100 rebate).
However, I've had trouble sharing HP printers over a network in the past. Would this one give me any problems. Also, if it's connected to a Windows computer, would it make a difference?Hey Large,
Some printers don't support network printing because of driver issues and what not, but the C3140 should work just fine.
As for your windows question. I have found it easier to print from a mac, over a network to a PC, than the other way around.
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I have a home network with two computers, a Dell running Win XP and a new iMac running Leopard. I have Fusion installed on the Mac running a virtual PC on WinXP as well, so I effectively have 3 computers. I had an old HP printer attached to the Dell that both the Mac and its virtual PC could see and print to fine over my network. I had to replace the printer and now have a Canon MX700 attached (by USB) to the Dell, and am having trouble with remote printing. I was able to "add" the new printer to both the Mac and its virtual pc, but only the virtual pc is able to print successfully. When I try printing from the Mac applications, using the driver for the MX700 printer found during the add printer setup, I get an error message. I then tried a new setup with a generic (Gutenprint) driver, and the printer was spitting out blank pages. Then I downloaded another driver from Canon's website for OS X 10.5, and it still didn't work. (I am not sure if I was supposed to uninstall the previous drivers first, and if so,I don't know how to do that since I am still new to the Mac environment. I just am assuming that the new drivers take over for the former one.) I assume that the problem is a driver problem and not a network problem since the virtual pc on the Mac works fine and my old HP worked fine with the same network setup. Any help?
gosox13 wrote:
Thank you again for sticking with me on this. Frankly, I was very surprised when the Canon did not work even when I carried it downstairs and attached it directly to the Mac by USB. I used the installation disk, which said it installed successfully (after several tries where it kept getting hung up after installing the drivers, and showing 0% completed, requiring me to use force quit to get the setup to stop each time). But as I explained in my prior post, the Mac never found the printer even after the supposed "successful" install.
This is typical when there are too many different versions of the driver residing on the Mac. I will explain my procedure to remove all the Canon stuff at the bottom of this post.
I then downloaded the Mac OS driver from the support page for my printer on Canon's website and ran that driver, but still no recognition. But I am willing to keep trying. I had looked at the PrintFab driver too (which I learned about from one of your other posts), but they are expensive and I probably could buy another printer for the cost of that driver. So I don't think that is an option.
Agree with you re the PrintFab. That is why I think the direct network connection would be best.
You suggest that I try another Gutenprint driver from the Canon list, which I guess I can randomly do, but I noticed that a number of the models listed show the driver as 5.2.3 (the same numbers as the generic one I tried)--does this meand they are all the same? Can I just keep downloading and installing more drivers without removing any?
It is not another version I need you to try. Using the same version, I suggest you try some of the other models that are included with the Gutenprint driver. Ideally, it would be good to know which model of the included Gutenprint drivers uses the same ink tank setup as your MX700. For example, if the MX700 uses BCI8 Blk and a BCI5 Blk and the three 8 series colour (Cyan, Magenta and Yellow), then selecting a model that uses the same setup might work for you. If you check a Canon web site, it would tell you what tanks are used by a certain model that is available within the Canon list.
I am willing to consider the network install of the printer, and that would be a good way to go, but I find Canon's instruction for network installations that came with the printer (which does not appear to consider mixing Macs and Pcs since there are separate instructions for both) a bit confusing. The basic installation of the printer on the network seems easy enough to follow. It is the further instruction for doing something to the "card" for each computer that will be using the printer on the network that I find confusing. I don't know what they are talking about. I certainly don't want to mess up my network connections. Do you know of any better instructions for setting this all up?
The setup is easier than the manual suggests. With the printer connected via USB, you open the Utilities application and select the Network tab. However this does require that you can get the printer to work when connected via USB, so we have to achieve that first.
Again, thank you very much for all your help. (Incidentally, I also discovered I can't use the fax feature of the printer because we have a two-line phone line and when I plug the phone cord into the printer and then out to the phone it eliminates the second line, no ringtone. There is no setting for this on the printer that I can find. But I can live without the fax, just another source of annoyance with this printer).
That would suggest that there is a link from the first phone to the second. Unplugging the phone cable to connect to the fax has broken that loop. You could easily get the phones rewired to suit the fax, but again it costs money so it might not be worth it.
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1. Open System Preferences > Print & Fax. Highlight the Canon printer in the Printer list and click the minus ( - ) button. [You may not have to do this step]
2. Hold Control key and click in the empty Printers list. Click on Reset Printing System.
3. Close Print & Fax
4. Go to Library > Printers > Canon and delete the contents of the BJPrinter folder.
5. Go to Library > Receipts and delete the Canon driver package file, if one exists. The file name will show Canon MX700 xxx.pkg
6. Go to Library > Preferences and delete the Canon folder.
7. Go to HD > Users > Shared > Canon and delete the BJPrinter folder.
8. Empty the Trash
9. Unplug the Canon USB cable and restart the Mac
10. Install the latest version of the Canon driver. Looking at the Canon AU web site it is v6.9.3
11. Once the driver installation is complete, go to Applications > Utilities and open Disk Utility. Run the Repair Disk Permissions option.
12. Reconnect the Canon USB cable. Then open Print & Fax and see if the Canon printer is listed. If it is, try a test print.
13. If the printer is not listed, click the plus ( + ) button.
14. Select the Default view and select the Canon printer connected via the USB port. The Print Using menu should automatically change to Canon IJ Printer.
15. Click Add to add the printer.
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Problem with using JMF audio over a network
Hiya, I'm using IBM JMF code but I'm having problems trying to get it transmit data from the MediaTransmitter to the MediaPlayerFrame.
I'm kinda new to JMF so I assume I'm missing something basis for why this doesn't work.
Any help would be greatly appreciated.
MediaPlayerFrame
import javax.media.*;
import javax.swing.*;
import java.awt.*;
import java.awt.event.*;
import java.io.*;
* An instance of the MediaPlayerFrame may be used to display any media
* recognized * by JMF. This is intended to be a very simple GUI example,
* displaying all possible controls for the given media type.
public class MediaPlayerFrame extends JFrame {
* The frame title.
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"Media Player";
* The panel title of the main control panel.
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private static final int LOC_X = 100;
private static final int LOC_Y = 100;
private static final int HEIGHT = 500;
private static final int WIDTH = 500;
private final static long serialVersionUID = 1;
* The current player.
private Player player = null;
* The tabbed pane for displaying controls.
private JTabbedPane tabPane = null;
* Create an instance of the media frame. No data will be displayed in the
* frame until a player is set.
public MediaPlayerFrame() {
super(FRAME_TITLE);
System.out.println("MediaPlayerFrame");
setLocation(LOC_X, LOC_Y);
setSize(WIDTH, HEIGHT);
tabPane = new JTabbedPane();
getContentPane().add(tabPane);
/* adds a window listener so that the player may be cleaned up before
the frame actually closes.
addWindowListener(new WindowAdapter() {
* Invoked when the frame is being closed.
public void windowClosing(WindowEvent e) {
closeCurrentPlayer();
/* Closing this frame will cause the entire
application to exit. When running this
example as its own application, this is
fine - but in general, a closing frame
would not close the entire application.
If this behavior is not desired, comment
out the following line:
System.exit(0);
* Creates the main panel. This panel will contain the following if they
* exist:
* - The visual component: where any visual data is displayed, i.e. a
* movie uses this control to display the video.
* - The gain component: where the gain/volume may be changed. This
* is often * contained in the control panel component (below.)
* - The control panel component: time and some extra info regarding
* the media.
private JPanel createMainPanel() {
System.out.println("createMainPanel");
JPanel mainPanel = new JPanel();
GridBagLayout gbl = new GridBagLayout();
GridBagConstraints gbc = new GridBagConstraints();
mainPanel.setLayout(gbl);
boolean visualComponentExists = false;
// if the visual component exists, add it to the newly created panel.
if (player.getVisualComponent() != null) {
visualComponentExists = true;
gbc.gridx = 0;
gbc.gridy = 0;
gbc.weightx = 1;
gbc.weighty = 1;
gbc.fill = GridBagConstraints.BOTH;
mainPanel.add(player.getVisualComponent(), gbc);
// if the gain control component exists, add it to the new panel.
if ((player.getGainControl() != null) &&
(player.getGainControl().getControlComponent() != null)) {
gbc.gridx = 1;
gbc.gridy = 0;
gbc.weightx = 0;
gbc.weighty = 1;
gbc.gridheight = 2;
gbc.fill = GridBagConstraints.VERTICAL;
mainPanel.add(player.getGainControl().getControlComponent(), gbc);
// Add the control panel component if it exists (it should exists in
// all cases.)
if (player.getControlPanelComponent() != null) {
gbc.gridx = 0;
gbc.gridy = 1;
gbc.weightx = 1;
gbc.gridheight = 1;
if (visualComponentExists) {
gbc.fill = GridBagConstraints.HORIZONTAL;
gbc.weighty = 0;
} else {
gbc.fill = GridBagConstraints.BOTH;
gbc.weighty = 1;
mainPanel.add(player.getControlPanelComponent(), gbc);
return mainPanel;
* Sets the media locator. Setting this to a new value effectively
* discards any Player which may have already existed.
* @param locator the new MediaLocator object.
* @throws IOException indicates an IO error in opening the media.
* @throws NoPlayerException indicates no player was found for the
* media type.
* @throws CannotRealizeException indicates an error in realizing the
* media file or stream.
public void setMediaLocator(MediaLocator locator) throws IOException,
NoPlayerException, CannotRealizeException {
System.out.println("setMediaLocator: " +locator);
// create a new player with the new locator. This will effectively
// stop and discard any current player.
setPlayer(Manager.createRealizedPlayer(locator));
* Sets the player reference. Setting this to a new value will discard
* any Player which already exists. It will also refresh the contents
* of the pane with the components for the new player. A null value will
* stop the discard the current player and clear the contents of the
* frame.
public void setPlayer(Player newPlayer) {
System.out.println("setPlayer");
// close the current player
closeCurrentPlayer();
player = newPlayer;
// refresh the tabbed pane.
tabPane.removeAll();
if (player == null) return;
// add the new main panel
tabPane.add(CONTROL_PANEL_TITLE, createMainPanel());
// add any other controls which may exist in the player. These
// controls should already contain a name which is used in the
// tabbed pane.
Control[] controls = player.getControls();
for (int i = 0; i < controls.length; i++) {
if (controls.getControlComponent() != null) {
tabPane.add(controls[i].getControlComponent());
* Stops and closes the current player if one exists.
private void closeCurrentPlayer() {
if (player != null) {
player.stop();
player.close();
* Prints a usage message to System.out for how to use this class
* through the command line.
public static void printUsage() {
System.out.println("Usage: java MediaPlayerFrame mediaLocator");
* Allows the user to run the class through the command line.
* Only one argument is allowed, which is the media locator.
public static void main(String[] args) {
try {
if (args.length == 1) {
MediaPlayerFrame mpf = new MediaPlayerFrame();
/* The following line creates a media locator using the String
passed in through the command line. This version should
be used when receiving media streamed over a network.
mpf.setMediaLocator(new MediaLocator(args[0]));
/* the following line may be used to create and set the media
locator from a simple file name. This works fine when
playing local media. To play media streamed over a
network, you should use the previous setMediaLocator()
line and comment this one out.
//mpf.setMediaLocator(new MediaLocator(
// new File(args[0]).toURL()));
mpf.setVisible(true);
} else {
printUsage();
} catch (Throwable t) {
t.printStackTrace();
MediaTransmitter
import javax.media.*;
import javax.media.control.*;
import javax.media.protocol.*;
import javax.media.format.*;
import java.io.IOException;
import java.io.File;
* Creates a new media transmitter. The media transmitter may be used to
* transmit a data source over a network.
public class MediaTransmitter {
* Output locator - this is the broadcast address for the media.
private MediaLocator mediaLocator = null;
* The data sink object used to broadcast the results from the processor
* to the network.
private DataSink dataSink = null;
* The processor used to read the media from a local file, and produce an
* output stream which will be handed to the data sink object for
* broadcast.
private Processor mediaProcessor = null;
* The track formats used for all data sources in this transmitter. It is
* assumed that this transmitter will always be associated with the same
* RTP stream format, so this is made static.
private static final Format[] FORMATS = new Format[] {
new AudioFormat(AudioFormat.MPEG_RTP)};
* The content descriptor for this transmitter. It is assumed that this
* transmitter always handles the same type of RTP content, so this is
* made static.
private static final ContentDescriptor CONTENT_DESCRIPTOR =
new ContentDescriptor(ContentDescriptor.RAW_RTP);
* Creates a new transmitter with the given outbound locator.
public MediaTransmitter(MediaLocator locator) {
mediaLocator = locator;
* Starts transmitting the media.
public void startTransmitting() throws IOException {
// start the processor
mediaProcessor.start();
// open and start the data sink
dataSink.open();
dataSink.start();
* Stops transmitting the media.
public void stopTransmitting() throws IOException {
// stop and close the data sink
dataSink.stop();
dataSink.close();
// stop and close the processor
mediaProcessor.stop();
mediaProcessor.close();
* Sets the data source. This is where the transmitter will get the media
* to transmit.
public void setDataSource(DataSource ds) throws IOException,
NoProcessorException, CannotRealizeException, NoDataSinkException {
/* Create the realized processor. By calling the
createRealizedProcessor() method on the manager, we are guaranteed
that the processor is both configured and realized already.
For this reason, this method will block until both of these
conditions are true. In general, the processor is responsible
for reading the file from a file and converting it to
an RTP stream.
mediaProcessor = Manager.createRealizedProcessor(
new ProcessorModel(ds, FORMATS, CONTENT_DESCRIPTOR));
/* Create the data sink. The data sink is used to do the actual work
of broadcasting the RTP data over a network.
dataSink = Manager.createDataSink(mediaProcessor.getDataOutput(),
mediaLocator);
* Prints a usage message to System.out for how to use this class
* through the command line.
public static void printUsage() {
System.out.println("Usage: java MediaTransmitter mediaLocator " +
"mediaFile");
System.out.println(" example: java MediaTransmitter " +
"rtp://192.168.1.72:49150/audio mysong.mp3");
System.out.println(" example: java MediaTransmitter " +
"rtp://192.168.1.255:49150/audio mysong.mp3");
* Allows the user to run the class through the command line.
* Only two arguments are allowed; these are the output media
* locator and the mp3 audio file which will be broadcast
* in the order.
public static void main(String[] args) {
try {
if (args.length == 2) {
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MediaTransmitter transmitter = new MediaTransmitter(locator);
System.out.println("-> Created media locator: '" +
locator + "'");
/* Creates and uses a file reference for the audio file,
if a url or any other reference is desired, then this
line needs to change.
File mediaFile = new File(args[1]);
DataSource source = Manager.createDataSource(
new MediaLocator(mediaFile.toURL()));
System.out.println("-> Created data source: '" +
mediaFile.getAbsolutePath() + "'");
// set the data source.
transmitter.setDataSource(source);
System.out.println("-> Set the data source on the transmitter");
// start transmitting the file over the network.
transmitter.startTransmitting();
System.out.println("-> Transmitting...");
System.out.println(" Press the Enter key to exit");
// wait for the user to press Enter to proceed and exit.
System.in.read();
System.out.println("-> Exiting");
transmitter.stopTransmitting();
} else {
printUsage();
} catch (Throwable t) {
t.printStackTrace();
System.exit(0);Okay, here's the it copied out.
Media Transmitter
C:\John\Masters Project\Java\jmf1\MediaPlayer>java MediaTransmitter rtp://127.0.
0.1:2000/audio it-came-upon.mp3
-> Created media locator: 'rtp://127.0.0.1:2000/audio'
-> Created data source: 'C:\John\Masters Project\Java\jmf1\MediaPlayer\it-came-u
pon.mp3'
streams is [Lcom.sun.media.multiplexer.RawBufferMux$RawBufferSourceStream;@1decd
ec : 1
sink: setOutputLocator rtp://127.0.0.1:2000/audio
-> Set the data source on the transmitter
-> Transmitting...
Press the Enter key to exit
MediaPlayerFrame
C:\John\Masters Project\Java\jmf1\MediaPlayer>java MediaPlayerFrame rtp://127.0.
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MediaPlayerFrame
setMediaLocator: rtp://127.0.0.1:2000/audioAs I said, it just kinda stops there, what it should be doing is opening the MediaPlayer.
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saryou can try modifing de Capture example from JMF Solutions.
change this function:
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buttonEnd.setEnabled(true);
startMonitoring();
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Fernando -
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Hey guys,
I searched the forum, but nothing posted to other threads helped.
I want to share a LaCie external USB drive over my network. It consists of two macs: a mac mini and a macbook running OSX 10.4.9.
The external drive is formated in FAT32. I enabled sharing in the system pref. but I don't see it when trying to connect. I installed SharePoints and shared it from there, still nothing. I tried connecting using the "afp://..:" stuff, but I get an error message, saying I cannot connect.
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We have tried re-loading drivers, but no improvement.
Any suggestions as to how we can resolve this?Hi DaddyPaycheck
The iMacs that can't print can see the printer. We have deleted and re-installed via the printer system prefs too. There weird thing is that you can select the printer and send to print, but for some reason the printer then automatically pauses and you can't resume it. The file is listed by the status is 'stopped'. When you open the printer queue on the Intel iMac that the laser printer is connected to, no print file shows up at all...
We also ran the network diagnostic that you can do when in printer system prefs and that reported that "the G5 iMac could connect to the internet, but not the Server "brother HL 4040CN series-1@ben's-iMac-2.ipp.tcp.local" "
Hope there's a clue in there somewhere...
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Airport won't print over the network
I have a basic HP Photosmart C4200 series printer. It works fine when I plug it directly into my computer but when I plug it into the router, it won't print and this message comes up : "Unable to read response header - short read"
When I delete/add the printer from Preferences, it finds the printer and establishes connection but when I try to print over the network, it gives me that error message.
A weird thing I found was that when connected to the airport, my printer shows up under the iDisks tab under the Airport Utilities instead of being in the Printers tab...Welcome to the discussions!
A number of entry level printers are designed so that they will only work when they are connected directly to a computer, so that may possibly explain your problem.
To verify, you can work your way through Apple's troubleshooting guide to see if this is the case. If you've completed all the steps and still can't print, I think you have your answer.
http://support.apple.com/kb/TS1253
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Pinging a printer to see if it works over the network
I've been printing from a Windows 7 computer to a PSC C6180 over a wireless network. All of a sudden it stopped printing. I don't if a power surge or something blew some stuff out (the fax part is already gone) or if it is something else.
I removed the printer and removed the installed software in order to put it back in its "initial state."
Before I removed the software, I tried to add a network printer to see if that would do it. At the point in the process where it looks for printers, it didn't find it. It makes me wonder if it will work over the network at all, but I do note the blue 802.11g LED is lit.
Before I reinstall the software (AIO_CDA_FSW_Full_Win_WW.130_140.exe is what I have) I want to ping the printer and see if the computer can see it. What's the ping address?Hello ErnieLane,
Please follow steps 1-4 described in Access the Embedded Web Server to print a configuration page, it will contain the current IP address (if any).
Hope this will help.
Regards,
AndOne
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Fax over the network with HP LaserJet 400 ColorMFP M475dw
Hi there, I was trying to send fax over the network with HP LaserJet 400 ColorMFP M475dw, I have connected the printer/scan/fax on a wired network, just have 3 computers on it, all of them can scan or print. But I can't find any option to just FAX from Microsoft Word or Adobe Acrobat Reader, going to File ---> Print ---> and select M475dw "FAx", I installed the lasted version of the drivers downloaded from hp.com and there's no way to install this multifunction printer as a FAX.
So I can't see the FAX on Printers in the control panel of windows.
I have never got an error message from any computer during the installation process either.
Does anyone has an idea of what to do here?
Thanks ahead.Thanks for your quick answer, I really appreciate it. But unfortunately, it didn't resolve my problem
Actually any of the workstations after complete the installation (with the last version of drivers downloaded just now from hp.com) can't recognize the HP LaserJet Pro 400 Color MFP M475dw, as a fax. I can print and scan over the network, or connecting the printer with a usb cable. I just can't see the icon "HP LaserJet Pro 400 Color MFP M475dw FAX" in Control Panel ---> Devices and Printers. I did a full installation when I were asked during the installation process... I did then I custom installation and neither of them seems to work to me
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