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Networked Printing on a DI-707P Router? 45

Posted by Cliff from the fixing-the-problem dept.
Feztaa asks: "I've recently purchased a D-Link DI-707P wired router, which comes equipped with a parallel port, so that you can share your printer with all computers on the local network without having to rely on somebody's computer to be on for the printer to work. Unfortunately, the router only ships with print drivers for windows. The D-Link support website basically says 'for Linux printing support, go ask the Open Source community'. I've been googling for the past few days, but most searches that include 'DI-707P' just return sites trying to sell me one. Here's what I know so far: The router's web-based config system provides no configuration for the printer, it just tells me if there's a printer plugged in and turned on or not. I portscanned the router and found that port 515 is open. I know that's LPD, but I don't know how to configure that on my system. I'm using Red Hat 9, and the GUI tools will allow me to configure a networked printer using LPD, but I can't get the thing to actually print (it asks for the IP of the printer and the name queue; I don't know how to find out the name of the queue). The printer I'm using is a BJC-250. I've had absolutely no trouble printing on this printer when it was plugged into my parallel port, so I know the printer works fine. Does anybody have any experience with this router (or similar D-Link routers), and if so, what did you have to do to get your Linux system printing with it?"
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  • Dear Slashdot, (Score:3, Funny)

    by bitty ( 91794 ) on Wednesday October 08, 2003 @05:02PM (#7166028) Homepage
    I have no clue how to use Usenet newsgroups or IRC. On your next slow news day, could you post a question on your front page asking how? It might be good to post it a couple times throughout the next few days to be sure people see it.

    Thanks!
    • I have no clue how to use Usenet newsgroups or IRC. On your next slow news day, could you post a question on your front page asking how? It might be good to post it a couple times throughout the next few days to be sure people see it.

      Yes, but what's your question?

  • Try the Mac OS X instructions (Score:4, Informative)

    by girth ( 40643 ) on Wednesday October 08, 2003 @05:03PM (#7166033)
    This is for a DI-713p. Probably has the same os inside

    # For "Device URI" use "lpd://(hostname)/lp"

    Found on http://homepage.usask.ca/~dkm560/713p.html [usask.ca] via a Google search for "linux D-Link lpd queue".

  • On my Siemens router the lpd queue name is lpt1. Had to figure that out from the Windows configuration section of the manual, as the UNIX setup section said the name is lp which does not work.
    • I had this problem with my router, an SMV 7004AWBR IIRC (which is basically the same as the DLink and US Robotics models with the print servers).

      At one point (on an earlier model?) the que might have been lp, but they changed it, I suppose to make more sense for windows users. They just never changed the documentation. I had to dig around for a while.
  • I'm using Red Hat 9, and the GUI tools will allow me to configure a networked printer using LPD, but I can't get the thing to actually print (it asks for the IP of the printer and the name queue; I don't know how to find out the name of the queue).

    It's been a while, but I believe the default queue name is 0 - but it depends on the LPR device.
    Did you 'just try it' with different queue names?

    • If the queue isn't named "0" then it is almost certainly named lp.

      If yer using KDE, switch to CUPS for your printing system, and use the enormously well - concieved and realized add printer wizard for an remote LPR queue. You might have to add a CUPS package for LPD compatibility, depending on your distro.

      If you are not using KDE, install and configure CUPS anyway - with all the foomatic and GIMP-print add-ons. The web-based administration tool that ships as part of CUPS will do the job nearly as well as

      • We've also run across some devices that use the queue name "RAW" (all caps).. you might try that if none of the other suggestions work.


        Most HP equipment doesn't really care what queue you send things to, it just prints whatever it gets.. It sure makes life easier.

  • Not wishing to be a Troll - however if it is only shared on the local network (as you stated), then why not just share it on a local machine? This would provide much better control over the printer and its current jobs etc and much less heart ache! Is there a reason why you cannot do the above? Allways nice when you can get that piece of hardware working ..... I know =) ..... but do you really need to?

  • Ah FUCK (Score:1, Flamebait)

    by PD ( 9577 ) *
    What the hell is this?

    Type "DI-707P" in the google box and hit "I'm feeling lucky".

    There you go. Your fucking queue name is called "lp". Now, with that and a nice little man page, you should be ready to go.

    I mean, Goddamn, can't you use Google?

    And WTF is it with /. today? It's slower than a salivating turtle.
  • Queue Name Tab
    Name : DeskJet842C
    Description : My Printer

    Queue Type Tab
    Queue Type : Networked UNIX (LPD)
    Server : 192.168.0.1 (default)
    Queue : lp (default)
  • I know that the RAW queue works fine on HP JetDirect EX printservers. Works great.
  • I've not used this device, but I've done lots of work with various lpd network adaptors...

    The most comon queue names are:
    PRINT, RAW, LP, and LPT1

    I would expect one of those to work.
  • The Que name for the one that I was working with was LPT1.
  • Try PORT1 for the queue name.

  • Jesus Christ (Score:4, Insightful)

    by Feztaa ( 633745 ) on Wednesday October 08, 2003 @07:39PM (#7167368) Homepage
    Yeah, I posted this about a week ago, I've figured it out since then. I wasn't expecting slashdot to actually approve this.

    The queue name was 'lp'. Now go to hell, you bastards.
    • Yea the que is slow/messed up/ignored, whatever ... Ive had a story pending for a week myself.
    • Yeah, I posted this about a week ago, I've figured it out since then. I wasn't expecting slashdot to actually approve this.

      You asked a lpd 101 question that could easily have been Googled, which is an invitation for flames. But, you submitted a question to askSlashdot, with the intent of it NOT being posted? That's asinine.

      If you didn't want it posted, you should not have submitted it. The fact that you are getting flamed now is your own fault and telling people to "go to hell" is just inviting more flam
      • You asked a lpd 101 question that could easily have been Googled,

        Did you not read the part where I said I was googling and couldn't find anything? Contrary to what that one guy said, "I'm feeling lucky" on a search for "DI-707P" does not provide me with any useful information. Every result that I've been able to find for that search is just some site trying to sell me the router, not any sites providing me with any useful information.

        But, you submitted a question to askSlashdot, with the intent of it NO
  • cal 2003 | netcat -s your.ip.address.here -p 515

    If it prints a calendar you are in business :-)
    Seriously everything you need to print is text right?

    To print out a file just replace "cal 2003" with "cat your.file" what could be simpler?

    Wang33

  • If you are too stupid to understand what the options are in the moderation, then DON'T FUCKING MODERATE!! There's a bunch of negative moderations here that are marked Redundant, like someone else made the same joke.

    If you want to moderate something down, and don't want to worry about the reason, just use Overrated. Sure, it's the pussy way out, and isn't subject to M2, but at least it would make more sense than using a moderation option that isn't even remotely close to why the post needs modded down.

    Mod

  • Pulled the PDF manuals from their home website, D-Link TW [dlink.com.tw], and in both firmware versions of the 707, the queue name is lp.
  • Why not just use windows? Plug and Play baby!
  • I have an older D-Link that is a wired/wireless router with a 25pin parallel port for a printer. I can connect any DHCP aware OS behind it and my GW and DNS are that of my router. Same for the printer. Basically, just plug the thing in and power cycle the router. Then connect your client to it by IP. I personally started with my wife's WinXP box... just told it I had a network printer on TCP/IP and gave it the IP of my router (the private IP), then installed the driver. Then I did the same thing on my Linux

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