Trouble with a Dell Printer on a network with PCs.

I've searched the forum and found only trouble with people getting their files to print on a mac, but I can print, only it's terrible quality while the PCs are printing out high-quality. It's a Dell 5100cn, and I've installed the updated driver from the Dell website, and called them for help, but they said they couldn't help with a Mac problem. I'm connected through an IP address over a wireless connection.
Has anyone help?
Mac OS X (10.4.5)

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I have connected Dell printer (which works fine connected directly to PC) via USB to my Airport Express.
However, the Dell printer doesn't appear in Bonjour for Windows printer setup utility.
Anybody know if Dell printers are inherently incompatible wiht this setup? Should all PC USB printers be compatible?
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David,
Great instructions....thanks for sharing. I just bought a new Windows 7 computer and it was driving me nuts installing the printers on the Airport Extreme. It was a lot easier installing them on the Vista machine.

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Hi,
We recently got iMac computers for our office, however we still have a windows computer we need to be able to use to print. I have the printer, a Dell 1320c, installed on my Mac, and it prints just fine.
I also have Parallels and Windows 7 installed on my Mac. I can print just fine from within Windows (Bonjour was not needed) Curiously, when I print a Windows Test Page from within Parallels, it says that the printer name is the Dell Color Laser 1320c, however, the Printer Model says: HP Color LaserJet 2800 Series PS. I have no clue where that came from, but I wonder if that may be causing a problem.
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-12345X@PJL JOB MODE=PRINTER
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@PJL COMMENT DNAME=Test Page
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and so on...
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Does anyone have any ideas of what else I could try?? Thank you!

Hi,
No, you can't connect direcly from your computer to your printer using network cable. It has USB connection:
http://www.cnet.com/products/hp-color-laserjet-cp1518/specs/
I believe your Macbook Pro also hae USB port(s). Please use a cable which is similar to the follwing cable to connect them:
Regards.
BH
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Trouble printing to a network printer

I am having trouble getting me mac to print to a network printer. I can go to add printer, it sees the network and the printer. The mac has the software as a choice, Canon MX320, and adds the printer just fine. But when I go to actually print something, even a test page, it just sits there and says "printing" in the status menu and never does anything. I have also loaded the Canon software on the mac itself, which did not seem to help. Does anyone have any advise?
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With these settings the network now works flawlessly, however, when i have my ethernet cable plugged in, my internet access via my airport card(on the macbook pro) is no longer available. Hoping you can tell me why this would be with this info i've provided.
Educated guess. The networking devices have priorities as to which are used. The standard order is that Ethernet has a higher priority than Airport.
While your Ethernet is unplugged it is inactive and the Mac ignores it. Once you plug it in, the Mac sees that it is active and switches traffic to that interface.
I actually take advantage of this feature at home, but configuring my Airport and Ethernet with identical fixed IP addresses. Normally I'll use Airport, but if I'm copying a huge file and I want faster performance, I'll just walk my MacBook (previously iBook, previously Powerbook) over to my Ethernet switch and plug in my MacBook. Magically, the Mac detects that the Ethernet is active and continues the file transfer uninterrupted over the faster 100baseT Ethernet connection. When the transfer is finished, or if I really need to move back to the Comfy Chair, I unplug the Ethernet cable, and all activity reverts back to the Airport, all without disrupting any existing networking connections.
You on the other hand have totally different settings for your Ethernet and your Airport, so when you switch to Ethernet, you basically loose your Airport connections.
Something you can try:
System Preferences -> Network
Gear icon on the bottom left, next to the [+] [-] icons.
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Now Drag the network interfaces into the perfer priority order you want. In this case put Airport above Ethernet.
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Hello. I have a HP psc 2410 all-in-one printer.
I've recently bought a modem router which has a capability called"printer-server" and I decided to use this feature and print over wifi. I set it up but with a problem. when I print something, for instance, test page, instead of printing just one page, It will print "test page" in 3 pages( something like partial pages and which the last=third page is printed blankly) and then It freezes(printer screen shows "printing" and I have to cancel the job, otherwise it freezes and I have to replug it). I have this trouble not just in test page but at least from IE, office, PDF files. This problem is essentially about Wifi, since If I connect the printer directly to the PC or laptop via usb, it works absolutely fine. also I have tried printing with different laptops over wifi but no go. below are more information which I have to mention:
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EDIT: after investigating for hours, I finally managed to get rid of freezing problem. now there is just one problem of that partial printing which happens coincidentally over wifi! I mean, sometimes it happens and sometimes not!
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The bottomline is that this printer has no way of connecting other than a straight USB connection. In order to make it wireless you have to have a device that will give it an network IP address. The printer by itself can not do this.
The only way to get this printer on a network is to buy a SEPERATE USB Printer Server. Or, buy a separate router, like I said, that has a USB connection on the back that will support printers.
You can not connect it the way you want as it stands right now.
However, call your ISP and have them set it up IF their Gateway device has a USB connection and really can support a printer. It is their issue.
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Hi bannyx,
I hate to hear you are having issues. Does the printer have a valid IP address when connected via Ethernet or wirelessly? Click Here for steps to take related to this issue. Please see the below information regarding the connection types for this printer. Also I need a bit more information to proceed if the above link does not resolve the issue.
Needed information:
1. Has the installation been completed from a disk or download?
2. Did the installation software detect the networked printer?
2. What is the IP of the printer when connected with Ethernet cable?
3. Are you able to access the embedded web server for the printer (type IP into address bar of web browser, does printer web page pull)?
4. Do you have security software running on the computer?
5. Is the router running in mixed mode?
Connection information:
1. Ethernet and wireless connectivity are exclusive. If the device is hard wired with an Ethernet cable, wireless communication is voided (radio disabled) because the printer is networked with a cable.
2. Disconnecting the USB cable puts the driver in an offline state due to the fact it cannot communicate with the printer. This is normal; it basically informs the user the device is not communicating.
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