Network Printer Prob

I have a Asus Router 500g and have setup my printer on the router using the
print setup wizard. I use the network totally wireless, the printer is a
Brother 5150D. When I try printing over the wireless link now the printer
prints out a lot of grabaled sheets and can't get anything to come through
the network. But if I plug the printer directly into the laptop it works
ok. What am I doing wrong? Any suggestions or ideas would be very welcome.

Thanks in advance,

Jason

On Fri, 03 Mar 2006 17:04:25 GMT, in alt.internet.wireless , "Jason"
<(E-Mail Removed)> wrote:

>I have a Asus Router 500g and have setup my printer on the router using the
>print setup wizard. I use the network totally wireless, the printer is a
>Brother 5150D. When I try printing over the wireless link now the printer
>prints out a lot of grabaled sheets and can't get anything to come through
>the network. But if I plug the printer directly into the laptop it works
>ok. What am I doing wrong?

Is the Brother 5150D supported by your router's printserver ? I've
discovered (the hard way) that not all printers will work on
printservers.

If your printer has "clever" print drivers that do stuff like check
inklevels, pop up progress monitors etc, then you can probably forget
about using it on a printserver. If your printer is a MFD, then
forget about it three times. It probably won't print, scan or fax...

>Any suggestions or ideas would be very welcome.

My only suggestion is to buy a printer that the printserver maker
supports.
Mark McIntyre
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In <(E-Mail Removed)> on Fri, 03 Mar 2006 23:23:11
+0000, Mark McIntyre <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote:

>On Fri, 03 Mar 2006 17:04:25 GMT, in alt.internet.wireless , "Jason"
><(E-Mail Removed)> wrote:
>
>>I have a Asus Router 500g and have setup my printer on the router using the
>>print setup wizard. I use the network totally wireless, the printer is a
>>Brother 5150D. When I try printing over the wireless link now the printer
>>prints out a lot of grabaled sheets and can't get anything to come through
>>the network. But if I plug the printer directly into the laptop it works
>>ok. What am I doing wrong?
>
>Is the Brother 5150D supported by your router's printserver ? I've
>discovered (the hard way) that not all printers will work on
>printservers.
>
>If your printer has "clever" print drivers that do stuff like check
>inklevels, pop up progress monitors etc, then you can probably forget
>about using it on a printserver. If your printer is a MFD, then
>forget about it three times. It probably won't print, scan or fax...

Many MFD (e.g., HP OfficeJet) will work as a printer on a generic printserver
even when scan and fax aren't supported.

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Jason wrote:
> I have a Asus Router 500g and have setup my printer on the router using the
> print setup wizard. I use the network totally wireless, the printer is a
> Brother 5150D. When I try printing over the wireless link now the printer
> prints out a lot of grabaled sheets and can't get anything to come through
> the network. But if I plug the printer directly into the laptop it works
> ok. What am I doing wrong? Any suggestions or ideas would be very welcome.
>
> Thanks in advance,
>
> Jason
>
>
If a print job is being sent to the printer, but the printer is printing
garbage, I would suspect that the print driver on the computer sending
the job was either the wrong driver or corrupted.

On Fri, 03 Mar 2006 23:23:11 +0000, Mark McIntyre
<(E-Mail Removed)> wrote:

>On Fri, 03 Mar 2006 17:04:25 GMT, in alt.internet.wireless , "Jason"
><(E-Mail Removed)> wrote:
>
>>I have a Asus Router 500g and have setup my printer on the router using the
>>print setup wizard. I use the network totally wireless, the printer is a
>>Brother 5150D. When I try printing over the wireless link now the printer
>>prints out a lot of grabaled sheets and can't get anything to come through
>>the network. But if I plug the printer directly into the laptop it works
>>ok. What am I doing wrong?
>
>Is the Brother 5150D supported by your router's printserver ? I've
>discovered (the hard way) that not all printers will work on
>printservers.
>
>If your printer has "clever" print drivers that do stuff like check
>inklevels, pop up progress monitors etc, then you can probably forget
>about using it on a printserver. If your printer is a MFD, then
>forget about it three times. It probably won't print, scan or fax...
>
>>Any suggestions or ideas would be very welcome.
>
>My only suggestion is to buy a printer that the printserver maker
>supports.
>Mark McIntyre

WADR the guy has a router, laptop, printer as do I. Where does
"printserver" enter in?

You prolly know much more than I, so please comment.
,
You set up printer from computer, not router. A "print setup wizard"
must be on a computer, so first I'd do it again.

I know nil about the Brother model, so no idea if it's a missing
driver prob. No mention of OS or laptop brand/spec.

Brad

On Sat, 04 Mar 2006 01:25:00 -0500, in alt.internet.wireless ,
avalanche* <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote:

>On Fri, 03 Mar 2006 23:23:11 +0000, Mark McIntyre
><(E-Mail Removed)> wrote:
>
>>On Fri, 03 Mar 2006 17:04:25 GMT, in alt.internet.wireless , "Jason"
>><(E-Mail Removed)> wrote:
>>
>>>I have a Asus Router 500g and have setup my printer on the router using the
>>>print setup wizard. I use the network totally wireless, the printer is a
>>>Brother 5150D. When I try printing over the wireless link now the printer
>>>prints out a lot of grabaled sheets and can't get anything to come through
>>>the network. But if I plug the printer directly into the laptop it works
>>>ok. What am I doing wrong?
>>
>>Is the Brother 5150D supported by your router's printserver ? I've
>>discovered (the hard way) that not all printers will work on
>>printservers.
>>
>>If your printer has "clever" print drivers that do stuff like check
>>inklevels, pop up progress monitors etc, then you can probably forget
>>about using it on a printserver. If your printer is a MFD, then
>>forget about it three times. It probably won't print, scan or fax...
>>
>>>Any suggestions or ideas would be very welcome.
>>
>>My only suggestion is to buy a printer that the printserver maker
>>supports.
>>Mark McIntyre
>
>WADR the guy has a router, laptop, printer as do I. Where does
>"printserver" enter in?

Theres a builtin print server in the Asus 500g, I'm assuming that he
wanted to use that.

The only thing thats unclear to me is whether the printserver is USB
or parallel. I strongly suspect its parallel, since the USB port is
for a webcam or audio system (??) though this may depend on whether
its the basic or deluxe model.

Asus' website is shockingly useless in this respect, and they don't
even seem to provide a list of compatible printers which would be a
good hint.

Mark McIntyre
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I'm on XP, P3, 512 Mb Ram got a Dell. I'm going to try that again with the
setup printer and then try it on the network argh.

Tried that and it's still thowing out junk I have it set to RAW and Port
9101 as suggested but the damn thing still prints nonsese.. Argh help....


"avalanche*" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
news:(E-Mail Removed)...
> On Fri, 03 Mar 2006 23:23:11 +0000, Mark McIntyre
> <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote:
>
> >On Fri, 03 Mar 2006 17:04:25 GMT, in alt.internet.wireless , "Jason"
> ><(E-Mail Removed)> wrote:
> >
> >>I have a Asus Router 500g and have setup my printer on the router using
the
> >>print setup wizard. I use the network totally wireless, the printer is
a
> >>Brother 5150D. When I try printing over the wireless link now the
printer
> >>prints out a lot of grabaled sheets and can't get anything to come
through
> >>the network. But if I plug the printer directly into the laptop it
works
> >>ok. What am I doing wrong?
> >
> >Is the Brother 5150D supported by your router's printserver ? I've
> >discovered (the hard way) that not all printers will work on
> >printservers.
> >
> >If your printer has "clever" print drivers that do stuff like check
> >inklevels, pop up progress monitors etc, then you can probably forget
> >about using it on a printserver. If your printer is a MFD, then
> >forget about it three times. It probably won't print, scan or fax...
> >
> >>Any suggestions or ideas would be very welcome.
> >
> >My only suggestion is to buy a printer that the printserver maker
> >supports.
> >Mark McIntyre
>
> WADR the guy has a router, laptop, printer as do I. Where does
> "printserver" enter in?
>
> You prolly know much more than I, so please comment.
> ,
> You set up printer from computer, not router. A "print setup wizard"
> must be on a computer, so first I'd do it again.
>
> I know nil about the Brother model, so no idea if it's a missing
> driver prob. No mention of OS or laptop brand/spec.
>
> Brad