US Robotics USR8000 router print server

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mno · Post by **mno** » Sat Jan 03, 2004 2:52 am

Hi all,

I have a USR8000 router that has a print server. I have a printer connected to the router that all Windows machines can print off. However, in order to make Linux work with that printer, I need to specify a port to use. The port (as show by a Windows machine) is called USRPRTSHR, however, I don't know what number that is. Does anyone know how I can make Gentoo print with that router?

EDIT: Besides printing through a shared printer port on a Windows machine.

Thanks,
Max

dabooty · Post by **dabooty** » Sat Jan 03, 2004 1:59 pm

i used to have it working under redhat, but my printer's now connected to my own box since before i started using redhat.
AFAIK all i did was use RH's print manager, add a unix spool (named lp IIRC) give it the ip and then indicate the printer and be done with it.

PS: i'm no expert on the subject but your post was still in the unanswered section so i thought i might give it a go

Post by **pjp** » Sat Jan 03, 2004 6:42 pm

Moved from Documentation, Tips & Tricks.

mno · Post by **mno** » Sun Jan 04, 2004 4:11 am

Thanks for your suggestions. I'll give it a go.

tbart · Post by **tbart** » Tue Nov 16, 2004 11:39 am

I've got the same problem, still...

1) What is a UNIX spool? LPD?

The problem is, however, that I'd need to know the queue name (and I don't know it!)

What I did was sniffing what a windows machine does when printing over the USR8000. (ethereal)

(client 192.168.123.3, router=printserver:192.168.123.254)

http://www.wb-akustik.at/Thomas/misc/dr ... _an_lj5000

the destination port is "printer (515)", protocol is LPD, LPRng for controlling some things.

that finding is a huge improvement (till now i was always trying to use port 9100 without effort..)

but in CUPS's setup I cannot define a port using LPD (and with LPD printer setup I cannot use my PPD driver for the attached LaserJet 5000, and postscript does not work either)
using TCP Network printer:
i can define IP and port to use, and a port scan even detects the router's=printerserver's IP, when scanning for port 515 (but scanning for 21 also detects it, so it's only prove of the router accepting connections on that port and not really that it will take printer jobs...)
a printout results in nothing.

if ne1 having some experience with protocols and sniffing whatever and some printing experience, (s)he could surely help!

or - of course - if you have an USR8000 working with linux...

please help!

every tip will be highly appreciated!

th