Os X Printing Thru Netgear Router

[PtotheP]

I'm networking one G4 with OS X together with a Dell sporting Win XP SV2. A lovely Netgear wireless router joins them both. The G4 will recognize the Dell (can see/access the ShareDocs file) and can surf the web fine using the DSL connection that the router is managing; however, I can't get it to work with the Netgear built-in print server.

Under Add New Printer, I've tried selecting IP printing with LPR/LPD, typing in the IP address of the router, and selecting my HP 1200. It keeps giving me a "server-error-service-unavailable" message. (Pinging the IP address always works, as evidenced by the Internet connection that works fine.) Earlier I managed to send an iBook's contents thru the router to the printer in this fashion, so I'm pretty sure the steps are correct.

Can anyone help troubleshoot?

[glen]

Hi There
Try using the IP address of the printer instead of the router.
Glen

[gsahli]

With Jaguar and Panther, you have to also enter the device-specific Queue Name when you ADD the printer in Printer Setup/Center. This is usually found in the print server (router) Docs in the unix/linux instructions. I think it is L1 for your Netgear.

(Tiger is better at auto-detecting the queue name, but sometimes faulters, too)
(& I'm sure by now you've figured out there is no separate IP address for your printer)

[PtotheP]

I've tried adding L1 as well as the router name (what my Win XP config uses) in the Queue, to no avail. Any other ideas on why OS X won't connect to my HP LJet 1200 via the print server in the Netgear router?

[jh2112]

I would look to see if your netgear router has a firmware upgrade
http://kbserver.netgear.com/

[glen]

Hi There!
Sorry to have mislead you. My two printers are GCC and Epson. All I did was set their IP addresses then use them in the LPR dialog boxes. I guess HP doesn't work the same. From what I have been reading in the forums I guess I will stick with these two brands.
Glen

[gsahli]

What model router is it (so I can look up the queue name for you)?
BTW, Queue Name is sometimes called port name.

[PtotheP]

The router is a Netgear Model #FWP114P, and when I used a queue name to set it up in Win XP, it used the model name. The machine doesn't seem to want to auto-detect the name or set up a generic printer. Message is always the same: "server-error-service-unavailable."