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rcrsn51 · Posted: Thu 19 Jul 2012, 11:35 Post subject:

Just to be clear - the printer is plugged into a USB printer port on the ROUTER, as opposed to a computer? Was it that way previously when it was working? It sounds like you had it connected directly to a laptop.

This now makes it a networked printer, so there are two issues.

1. Puppy will often auto-detect this type of network printer setup. But if yours won't, you will need to manually install it using the device type "AppSocket/JetDirect". This will require the IP address of the router.

2. Your printer requires a firmware download in order for the driver to work. If the printer is plugged directly into a computer via USB, this happens automatically when the printer is detected at bootup. But as a networked printer, there is no way for this download to happen.

So I'm curious how you had this printer working before.

edoc · Posted: Thu 19 Jul 2012, 16:53 Post subject:

The P1006 printer was previously connected to a laptop and then we got a Deskjet 1000 and plugged that in as well - at which time things became unstable - complaining about two printers - so we disconnected the 1000.

Shortly after that CUPS stopped working.

I will look at the ASUS Forum threads again as I think I saw that one may load modules on it when I was researching my decision to get this specific router.

rcrsn51 · Posted: Thu 19 Jul 2012, 17:02 Post subject:

OK. So the laptop-dual printer issue is ancient history and we are now dealing with your P1006 connected to a router.

1. Determine the IP address of the router - aaa.bbb.ccc.ddd.

2. Run the command: mpscan -p 9100 aaa.bbb.ccc.ddd.

What do you get back?

Have you installed the printer in CUPS using the AppSocket/JetDirect method as stated above?

edoc · Posted: Thu 19 Jul 2012, 20:31 Post subject:

In E-mail when I open the "View settings for this account" on my Netbook (Samsung NB30) it overruns the display and I cannot grab an edge to reduce it nor find any setting that forces it to be smaller when it opens.

Any suggestions, please?

edoc · Posted: Thu 19 Jul 2012, 22:23 Post subject:

edoc · Posted: Thu 19 Jul 2012, 23:15 Post subject:

EDIT:

Just found

rcrsn51 · Posted: Thu 19 Jul 2012, 23:52 Post subject:

edoc · Posted: Sat 21 Jul 2012, 00:06 Post subject:

pemasu · Joined: 08 Jul 2009 Posts: 5175 Location: Finland

mpscan source is old. From year 2003.
http://sourceforge.net/projects/mpscan/files/
There is no debian squeeze package for it.
I compiled it from source in dpup.

rcrsn51 · Posted: Sat 21 Jul 2012, 06:42 Post subject:

edoc · Posted: Sat 21 Jul 2012, 10:02 Post subject:

pemasu · Joined: 08 Jul 2009 Posts: 5175 Location: Finland

as example:
# route
Kernel IP routing table
Destination Gateway Genmask Flags Metric Ref Use Iface
default 192.168.0.10 0.0.0.0 UG 303 0 0 wlan0
127.0.0.0 * 255.0.0.0 U 0 0 0 lo
192.168.0.0 * 255.255.255.0 U 303 0 0 wlan0

Under the gateway you should see your router internal ip address.

rcrsn51 · Posted: Sat 21 Jul 2012, 10:30 Post subject:

Assuming that 192.168.1.1 is the router's address, try

edoc · Posted: Sat 21 Jul 2012, 10:39 Post subject:

I uninstalled the old mpscan via Puppy Package Manager.

I installed the new mpscan (thanks!).

Then did as you instructed: