Yup, I have printers off pcs as well, and all are shared and accessible. But the one connected to the router is , in theory, highly functional as it can be accessed wirelessly and is not tied to any computer. Its also the only color laser in the house so I wanted all computers (Macs and Windows) to access it. Halfway there. I'll get error resolved at some point.
well first i would check the firewall settings to allow connections through it may involve a tweak in that application.
Networking With A Router - Connecting Devices To Your Router
have a browse here you may find the answer..
http://compnetworking.about.com/od/h...ernetworks.htm
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Those links contain good tips. Thanks for posting them.
In my case, I dont think I have a router issue as other machines (eg Apple) can access the printer.
And on my Win 7 machine, I can install and see the printer, and it even reports status as ready. but everything I send it stays in the queue and returns a printer error. Even a simple notepad one-liner.
I will troubleshoot further at some point - I know I'm close.
You don't have any software to install the printer? That's usually the case with printers that connect to the router on their own. HP has a universal print driver for your printer type apparently. You could try it out:
HP Color LaserJet CP1510 Printer series - Download drivers and software - HP Business Support Center
Not quite right. Software drivers were loaded as part of the Add a printer process.
To fix this issue, I deleted the printer and repeated the process again (entering the ip address etc). And now it works !!!
Quite the frustrating and confusing process, but clearly I will leave good enough alone!!
Thanks again for the all the ideas here....
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