I recently upgraded my wired SMC router to a wireless model with a USB print server. All my prior experience with SMC made this an easy choice and both the wirless and the router aspects work perfectly. However, after several long calls to the SMC help desk entailing replacing printer drivers, router firmware, redoing the setup, etc, the LPR print server still does not work reliably. The symptoms are: after a clean system restart, the first job to the print server works without hitch. The next try usually results in a router re-boot, after which the the print server is hosed. Stangely, sometimes, if I shut down and restart the printer, one or more of the hung up print jobs will print.
I suspect the SMC2804WBRP_G router firmware is at fault, but I am also suspect of the Win2000 LPR protocol implementation. The printer (an HP Deskjet952C) works perfectly on both the parallel (LPT1) and USB (USB001) ports and I can switch between them at will, using different printer instantiations.
If anyone has experience with this problem or any thoughts about a fix, I'd appreciated hearing from you.
Thanks
Jack
I suspect the SMC2804WBRP_G router firmware is at fault, but I am also suspect of the Win2000 LPR protocol implementation. The printer (an HP Deskjet952C) works perfectly on both the parallel (LPT1) and USB (USB001) ports and I can switch between them at will, using different printer instantiations.
If anyone has experience with this problem or any thoughts about a fix, I'd appreciated hearing from you.
Thanks
Jack