Wireless windows printing

Ok, now I have a new problem. Before I posted about printing to a pc server from a mac and that issue has been resolved for the most part; however, when mac people print to the pc server now over wireless it gives the error of:
NTSTATUSUNSUCESSFUL
I have used the instructions found at this site to set up the printing:
http://www.macosxhints.com/article.php?story=20051204134420783
But so far only printing while plugged into an ethernet port works, not wireless printing. So if anyone can clue me in to what I should look for, or if I need to change the printing script, or if possibly its a problem of the Macs not joined to the domain. I was thinking maybe if theres a way to force it to go over wireless or something to that effect. The PC computers print fine over wireless, slow but they do print over it.
I'll see if I can ask the Lab Admin here if he has any clues but anything from here would really be a help.

Printing to a printer on a XP PC from a Mac running
10.4.x
http://www.ifelix.co.uk/tech/3015.html
Otherwise try this method, which though for 10.3
should also work for 10.4
Printing to a printer on a XP PC from a Mac running
10.3.x (alternative method)
http://www.ifelix.co.uk/tech/3009.html
iFelix
I appreciated your answer to the question posed by another person, and I thought it would work for me. I went through the whole process, but no luck at the end. The only variables, I think, are that I'm working with the new MacBook Pro on one end, and the HP LaserJet 1220 on the other, with a Dell notebook in the middle, attached to the printer and running on the wireless network. The MacBook also works on the same wireless network and can see the Dell and the printer, but I can't get anything to print from the MacBook. Any idea what's wrong? Incidentally, the same LaserJet does print well when I attach it directly to the MacBook via USB.
Thanks for any tips.
Doug

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Nt_status_unsuccessful: macbook /wireless/windows printer

i am having difficulty getting my mac to print to a networked printer. here is my setup:
hpc5180 all in one printer attached (via cable) to hp pc.
pc attached to linksys router via cable
multiple laptops connect to the router wirelessly
windows based laptop can print to the hp printer wirelessly.
macbook has been able to print one time after setup (using printer setup utility) to printer via wireless router. after that, i get the error message ntstatusunsuccesful.

Hi there,
The NT_STATUS error indicates that the account/password you initially used to connect to the Windows shared printer may not be valid any longer. Try deleting the printer on your Mac and creating a new printer.
If you are not using an account name/password to connect to the share then that may be your issue. To make things easy create an account with a password for you on the Windows computer that you can use to connect.
The other thing to note is that some printer drivers haven't been designed to connect to Windows shared printers, so even if you do create an account to use you may still get errors when trying to print. In this case you have to find one of the provided GIMP (Gutenprint) drivers that is compatible to your printer.
Paul

I have an Airport Extreme, 2 laptops with windows 7 and a wireless HP printer. I can connect the laptops to the printer. Any advise?

I have an Airport Extreme, 2 laptops with windows 7 and a wireless HP printer. I am not able to connect the laptops to the printer. Any advise?

The problem is not the router.. the issue is the vpn has put your computer in a different IP range with a different gateway. When you turn off the vpn the computer returns to local lan and can print.
Some vpn software allows you to set gateway to use local net instead of remote gateway or access to other webistes or local lan.
Read up the issue.
http://stevejenkins.com/blog/2010/01/using-the-local-default-gateway-with-a-wind ows-vpn-connection/
Cisco vpn client..
https://supportforums.cisco.com/thread/239113
I did not search much.. just grabbed the first article I could find that explains the issue.
The whole point of the vpn is whilst it is connected your computer is NOT part of the Local Lan .. it is part of the Remote LAN via the vpn tunnel.
It is also a security risk using split tunnelling so often it will not be allowed.
Plug the printer directly into the computer via usb or whatever.. Local connection will work.. not local lan.

Windows wireless network printing

I have a windows wireless XP network with multiple PCs which all print to a single HP Deskjet 5650 printer connected to one of the PCs via USB. I also have a new Powerbook G4 (V 10.4) which talks to the network with no problem. I can connect to the internet and view shared files on the PCs. But I can't print. I have downloaded and installed Ghostscript V7.07.1 and HPIJS V 2.0.2.
The correct driver shows up in printer setup utility and the system allows me to configure it as a windows printer. But when I try to print to it, I get an error "unable to connect to SAMBA host, will try again in 60 sec..." What is the problem?

Printing to a printer on a XP PC from a Mac running
10.4.x
http://www.ifelix.co.uk/tech/3015.html
Otherwise try this method, which though for 10.3
should also work for 10.4
Printing to a printer on a XP PC from a Mac running
10.3.x (alternative method)
http://www.ifelix.co.uk/tech/3009.html
iFelix
I appreciated your answer to the question posed by another person, and I thought it would work for me. I went through the whole process, but no luck at the end. The only variables, I think, are that I'm working with the new MacBook Pro on one end, and the HP LaserJet 1220 on the other, with a Dell notebook in the middle, attached to the printer and running on the wireless network. The MacBook also works on the same wireless network and can see the Dell and the printer, but I can't get anything to print from the MacBook. Any idea what's wrong? Incidentally, the same LaserJet does print well when I attach it directly to the MacBook via USB.
Thanks for any tips.
Doug

Home wireless network printing problem

Hello,
I have a Canon MP610 which I can use just fine connected directly to my Macbook (running Leopard). But I am trying to connect to it wirelessly through a D-Link DIR655 and Windows XP workstation (the Windows computer is connected to the LAN port and the Canon printer is connected to the computer via a USB connection).
I have Printer sharing checked under the Windows Printer Properties and I can “find’ the printer’s name wirelessly on my Macbook when I “add a printer” from the “Print & Fax” box, but I cannot find the driver. I have looked under the “Select a driver to use” option, and “Other” selection. I have installed the latest driver on the Macbook, but don’t know where it is for me to select when that window pops up for me to select one (“Print Using...”).
Does anyone have any ideas?
Thanks,
Royce

I had the exact same problem with my Canon MP760 when i was using Tiger. The only solution i found was to use an Airport Express base station to connect the printer, then it worked flawlessly. Seems to an issue that some Canon USB printer are not networkable unless they are connected to an Apple product.
I hope you can find a solution other than having to buy another piece of hardware.

Printing to shared windows printer - used to work, doesn't now

Once upon a time I was able to print from my powerbook to the HP LaserJet 1300 connected to my father's windows computer. I was wireless and the windows pc is wired to the network. I could see all the computers on the network and i could print and file share "normally."
Last year we made several changes to the network, which should have just simplified it, but now I cannot see the printer or any other computers on the workgroup from my mac. My windows desktop can do it fine (also wired) and my fathers wireless windows laptop can as well. I can connect to file share with my mac if I use the IP of the computer, I can no longer just browse the network like i could before.
I am not sure how to access the shared printer now. I have tried different things over the past year and I am just tired of having to get a USB cable and stand next to the printer with my laptop.
I have tried to just connect using the ip of the computer the printer is shared from but that does not work.
"smb://username:[email protected]/printersharename"
doesn't work.
I have theorized that it might be that there is now MAC address filtering enabled for wireless connections but I cannot turn it off to test.
Has anyone else encountered this (being able to, then unable)?
Powerbook G4 1.5ghz Mac OS X (10.4.9)

It sounds like maybe you have a wired router and
added an Airport base (or other wireless router) for
wireless? If I've guessed wrong, please describe your
network and check whether the wired and wireless
computers are in the same subnet (that is, only the
last part of 192.168.1.x can be different, the first
three parts are the same on every computer).
The some of the wired computers go through a switch, but some go straight into the router (because they are closer to the wireless router than to wall jacks). This doesn't seem to affect my ability to see them on the network because I can't see any from my powerbook. Everything is on the same subnet and the only devices are the router and the switch, but I can't see stuff hooked directly to the router either.

Printing to a Windows printer

After many many hours searching the web and reading page after page, I'm hopelessly lost.
I'm trying to print from my Apple iMac G5 to a printer which is connected to a Windows laptop.
My setup is:
Canon MP780 multifunction printer connected to a Dell laptop (computer name: sstiglerdell) running Windows XP.
Dell laptop is connected to a linksys router
iMac G5 running OSX 10.4.5 wirelessly connected to an AirPort Extreme Base station (firmware 5.7)
AirPort Extreme Base station connected to the linksys router
Linksys router connect to a cable modem.
I'm able to connect to the internet from both computers and able to access shared folders on the laptop from the mac.
From Finder, if I select Go, Connect to Server and enter smb://192.168.15.100/ashley, I'm able to connect to the shared folder which resides on the Dell laptop. Interestingly enough, if instead I enter smb://sstiglerdell/ashley, I'm not able to connect to the shared folder!
However, from Finder, if I select the Network globe, I don't see the windows laptop.
Now, from the Printer Setup Utility, when I select Add, More Printers, and change the first drop down to "Windows Printing" and the second drop down to "Network Neighborhood", the only network I see is one called "Workgroup". I presume this is the default Apple workgroup. My laptop is in a workgroup called "stiglerhome".
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Ensure that your AEBS is configured to not distribute IP addresses.
You may still have issues with the Mac drivers for the Canon printer.
iFelix

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I'm a Windows tech with a problem on my spanking new Intel MacBook.
I have a PSC 1315 connected via USB to an XP desktop PC.
I can print to the 1315 from the desktop with no problem.
Other Windows based PCs on my home network can print to it via a generic SBC router, which is handling network traffic and Internet access.
I have downloaded the OSX drivers for the PSC 1315 from the HP website and successfully loaded them onto the MacBook.
The HP Assistant that pops up asks me to add the HP printer that's either connected via USB or via IP. I have to bypass that setup. You'll see why below.
On the Mac I can not only see the folders that are shared from the desktop PC, but I can ALSO see the shared 1315 printer from across my wireless network. I can access shared files from the desktop on my Macbook.
So far, so good, right? Not.
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It gets better. I have Parallels loaded on the MacBook, with a copy of XP. When I fire up XP I can print to the PSC 1315 across my wireless network with absolutely no problem. Just like all of my other PCs and notebooks.
Back to the Mac OS side. I've discovered that one can access some sort of printer admin program using 127.0.0.1:631/printers. This is a 'CUPS' interface (I have no idea what CUPS is). I have tried to use this interface to further configure the PSC 1315 printer that shows up on that page, but to no avail.
I can only assume that the PSC 1300 series set of printers is just not designed to be accessible from a MacBook across a wireless network.
If anyone can dispute that I would love to hear about it. Until then, the only way I can print is if I fire up XP using Parallels when I want to print wirelessly.
Intel MacBook Mac OS X (10.4.7)

For what it's worth, let me provide you some background and other ideas. As a Windows tech, you should be able to understand more why things might be failing with some basic background and other ideas.
I've discovered that one can access some sort of printer admin program using 127.0.0.1:631/printers. This is a 'CUPS' interface (I have no idea what CUPS is).
CUPS (Common Unix Printing System) is the printing system used in Mac OS X. It runs its own server which can be accessed on your localhost at <http://127.0.0.1:631>. Apple has made additions to the CUPS software as distributed by cups.org, so the web interface does not provide access to all the extras Apple has added.
CUPS is uses "front end" drivers and/or filters. The data to be printed is manipulated into a form that the particular printer can understand. This information is then handed off to the "backend" which handles the communication between the computer and the printer.
The HP drivers that I downloaded from the HP website for this printer are apparently only good for directly connected or print server-based PSC series printers - NOT for printers available as shared from an XP computer.
As you have found out the drivers HP supplies are limited and will only work when the printer is connected in certain ways. This is a limitation set by HP, not the Mac OS or the CUPS printing system. For whatever reason, the major printer manufacturers have essentially bypassed CUPS. They use just enough of it to direct the print job back to their own proprietary software. No real "frontends" and certainly none of the CUPS "backends" are used.
In order to print to a printer connected to a Windows computer, we must therefore turn to drivers that integrate with CUPS and can use the "smb" or samba backend that Apple provides. The hpijs and the Gutenprint (Gimp-Print) drivers fulfill this role.
At present there is not a specific PPD for the HP PSC 1315 in either package. That is most likely why the Generic PostScript PPD was assigned. The OS tries to match the manufacturer and printer model that the printer relays to the OS with a PPD that is exactly the same. When this fails, the system falls back to whatever default is specified in the software.
Does that mean that the PSC will absolutely not work? No. HP shows that the PSC 1315 is part of the 1300 series. A 1300 series PPD does exist within the hpijs driver set. It will show in the list of printers as "HP PSC 1300 Foomatic/hpijs". You can manually select this as your PPD.
I removed the driver (HP) anyway and downloaded the HPIJS set.
This is good. Did you also remove any HP files from the /Library/Printers/PPD Plugins directory? Please do if you have not already done so. You will have to kill off a number of processes before you are fully rid of these plug-ins. Perhaps the easiest way is to just restart the computer after you trash the PPD Plugins. It is important to be sure these are disabled. Just having the HP supplied drivers installed will most likely "tie up" the printer and make it unavailable to any other driver set. The PSC is an all-in-one machine. The HP software ties up the continuously looking for the command to start scanning.
Windows already is sharing the printer. I'm trying to connect to it over my wifi network.
I think Apple just doesn't support the PSC1315 that way.
Apple, just like Windows, doesn't "support" any particular printer. Nor do they write the drivers for them. Greg is more of an expert at Windows printing from a Mac than most of us. He can correct me if I am wrong, but I think all the necessary elements should be available to make your combination work. Make sure you have gotten rid of all or disabled the HP supplied software and try manually selecting the "HP PSC 1300 Foomatic/hpijs" printer within the context of the Windows printer sharing article Greg cited.
Hope this helps.
Matt
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Windows Printer Share-Worked... now its not

I have 7 computers, mac and PC that are all able to connect to a printer share except for 1 computer. The Lexmark T522 is connected via Serial to a Windows XP box that has standard printer sharing enabled. For months all the computers on the network could print fine to it fine. 2 days ago i installed the latest security update on our intel-imac... now it cannot connect to the printer.
Was there something in the latest security update that messed up printing to windows printer shares?
I go to printers and faxes, Add a printer(the other was deleted through my troubleshooting) I have to choose "more printers", and then have to choose our "workgroup (called workgroup)" I see the shared computers and select the one with the printer installed. I hit the "choose" button and get a request for username and password. I get after about 30 seconds "Unable to connect to server with provided username and password" "error 256" and an Okay button.
NOTE: i can connect via the same method with all the other macs here at our house (none of them have been updated with the latest security update yet though).

Hey, man.
This started happening to me, too, right after I installed the latest security update. Suddenly I could no longer print to the Windows shared printer at work. Got the exact same error you got.
Thankfully, the printer happens to be wireless and ethernet enabled, so we were able to work around it. But after 4 hours of total troubleshooting, we haven't been able to figure out how to print to it as a shared printer.
Weird,
Nick
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Windows printing error 256

Hello everyone, this is my configuration:
MacBook Pro with OS X 10.4.10 and all the updates;
a desktop with Windows XP on it;
Canon MP810 as a printer and printfab as a driver.
I have got a Windows printer and I've had the "error: 256" when I try to access the printer or simply add it to the printers' list since a short time.
Probably I have had this since a security update.
http://www.apple-discuss.com/redirect.php?fid=6&tid=11292&goto=nextoldset
There you can read another discussion about this issue: no one could figure out how to fix this.
I have already tried using the advanced button clicking with option+spacebar on "more" and then manually setting the "smb://" URL.
I tried printing from another laptop where I have Windows and it perfectly worked.
I don't wanna spend cash for buying the wireless kit to print without the printer to be connected to a switched on computer.
Do you have any suggestion to fix the problem? I haven't called Apple yet, because very likely they won't be able to help me out with this problem. I called them in the past for easier issues and they couldn't help me. ^^
These are some tries that I did to debug the problem:
[i]Jupiter:~ deviad$ echo "hello" | smbclient //TimeMachine/CanonMP810 -c "print -"timeout connecting to 208.69.32.130:445
timeout connecting to 208.69.32.130:139
Error connecting to 208.69.32.130 (Operation already in progress)
Connection to TimeMachine failed
Jupiter:~ deviad$ echo "hello" | smbclient //192.168.1.2/CanonMP810 -c "print -"
Password:
Anonymous login successful
Domain=[WORKGROUP] OS=[Windows 5.1] Server=[Windows 2000 LAN Manager]
tree connect failed: NT_STATUS_ACCESS_DENIED
Jupiter:~ deviad$ echo "hello" | smbclient //192.168.1.2/CanonMP810 -c "print -"Password:
Anonymous login successful
Domain=[WORKGROUP] OS=[Windows 5.1] Server=[Windows 2000 LAN Manager]
tree connect failed: NT_STATUS_ACCESS_DENIED
Jupiter:~ deviad$ echo "hello" | smbclient //pippo:[email protected]/CanonMP810 -c "print -"
timeout connecting to 208.69.32.130:445
timeout connecting to 208.69.32.130:139
Error connecting to 208.69.32.130 (Operation already in progress)
Connection to pippo:[email protected] failed[/i]
What I do not understand now is who the heck is this 208.69.32.130. Why does my computer try to connect to this host? The IP of TimeMachine is 192.168.1.2
The IP of my macbook pro on the network is 192.168.1.3.
I really don't know what 208.69.32.130 is.
Thank you very much for your help.
Regards,
Davide

Hi,
* IP address
About the IP address 208.69.32.130.
I did a Google search and this address shows up many times as an OpenDnsServer.
Running the network utility from my Mac gives the result below.
Whois Server Version 1.3
Domain names in the .com and .net domains can now be registered
with many different competing registrars. Go to http://www.internic.net
for detailed information.
Server Name: CSB.CSBRADIOTV.EDU
IP Address: 208.69.32.130
Registrar: EDUCAUSE
Whois Server: whois.educause.net
Referral URL: http://www.educause.edu/edudomain
* Error 256
My iMac is on the latest sw state and PrintFab towards a Canon printer is working fine for me.
Did you already do a reinstall of the PrintFab software and try to setup the printer from scratch?
I found a link to a page describing a workaround for the 256 error.
http://www.erikjheels.com/2007-03-10-how-to-print-os-x-to-xp.html
/rob
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PIN
The registration process sends a Personal Identification Number (PIN) from [email protected] to the email address entered into the HP ePrint Mobile Driver registration screens. Supply the provided PIN to the HP ePrint Mobile Driver. Registration status is provided through the user interface (Success or Fail). Click OK from the Registration Successful acknowledgement screen. The credentials provided during registration are saved for this computer, which enable the print client to send print jobs from any installed application on the Mac or Windows system.
The system can now print to registered HP ePrint-enabled products.
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Printing from Mac Book Pro to windows printer Error 306

Error 306
I tried several setups before I figured this out.
Trying to print to windows printer
Mac Book Pro / Canon MX 870 resulted in print error 306.
Home network with Linksys wireless N router
First delete the printer on the Mac.
Make sure you go to Canon's website and download latest driver for your Mac. Canon's software driver site detects your operating system automatically and takes you to the driver you need, just make sure everything matches up. You can see the OS version you are using by clicking on the apple icon and then (about this mac)
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Now on the Canon MX870, go to the wireless set up menu. (key pad on the printer itself). Follow the promts and you will get to where you can enter your network password and get your printer to connect to your router. Now the wireless Icon on the printer will be on steady.
Now back on the Mac, Click the Apple Icon, System Preferences, then click on printers and scanners.
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My Scanner came up first, then a few seconds later the printer appeared.
Select the printer
Use the one with all the numbers after the printer name. (MX870xxxxxxxxxxx)
Canon U Network
Click on it and then click the add button bottom right
Make sure your are always in good wireless signal strength throughout the entire process.
Hope this helps.
Lou

Thanks for the detailed info Lou!

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