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Title: Printer Setup for Macs
Post by: meatwad on January 26, 2012, 08:42:11 PM

Can someone, in plain english, give me a run down on how to configure my brother hl-2040 printer through the DNS-320 on a mac (10.6.8).

I assume the protocol is LPD, so now i have the following fields:

Address
Queue
Name
Location
Print Using.

The IP of my NAS is 192.168.1.13, i have a CUPS drive for the device on my mac.  i can print without issue on my Windows 7 machine.  I had the printer run through a netgear print server without issue prior to getting the DNS and getting around to plugging the printer into it.

thanks

Title: Re: Printer Setup for Macs
Post by: meatwad on January 27, 2012, 11:06:21 AM

Forgot to mention that I've updated to the latest FW already.

Title: Re: Printer Setup for Macs
Post by: meatwad on January 28, 2012, 09:35:11 AM

for others reference, here is the solution:

Print & Fax
Add printer ("+" button)
advanced
type=windows
device=another device
url= smb://192.168.1.13/lp
name doesnt matter, i put in 192.168.1.13
location doesnt matter
print using - i picked my hl-2040 cups driver
add

success.

i figured this out while on the phone with a clueless dlink "tech support" person for 30 minutes while she kept putting me on hold for 7 minute stretches.....

Title: Re: Printer Setup for Macs
Post by: reb_moyshe on April 17, 2013, 03:41:49 AM

Hi, I have the same problem, but how you authenticated yourself? It doesn't work.
At least in my environment.

Title: Re: Printer Setup for Macs
Post by: reb_moyshe on April 17, 2013, 03:43:33 AM

And one more. Have you tried to use printing on iPad?

Title: Re: Printer Setup for Macs
Post by: priitv8 on April 17, 2013, 09:11:40 AM

Quote from: reb_moyshe on April 17, 2013, 03:43:33 AM

And one more. Have you tried to use printing on iPad?

iPad uses different (driverless) printing protocol - AirPrint. You will need to set up AirPrint server somewhere in your network that will route the jobs to network printer.
One solution is described here:
http://tweaks.com/windows/46495/enable-ios-airprint-support-on-windows/ (http://tweaks.com/windows/46495/enable-ios-airprint-support-on-windows/)
For Mac there is this solution:
http://www.netputing.com/handyprint/ (http://www.netputing.com/handyprint/)
It can share any printer visible to hosting Mac (local or network) to any AirPlay device. Tried & tested.