Problem using router print server port

[WSW]

I have two XP computers and a Win98 computer connected to a D-Link router for Internet access and printer sharing.

The printer is an Epson Stylus 777. The connection from the printer to the router is via a parallel cable.

The Win98 computer and one of the XP computers can share the printer on the router.

The second XP computer could not share the printer. When I try to print a test page from this computer, the page is sent to the print queue and just stays there. There is no error message that printing has failed.

D-Link's instruction for the printer set up is to add a port on the computer with the IP address of the router, i.e. using IP printing. The two XP computers are set up exactly the same.

I ping the router from this XP computer and ping is fine. I can also access Internet from this XP computer. I just cannot print.

I also reloaded the printer drivers couple of times and then rebooted the computer.

Anyone knows how I can test the network print port on this XP computer to diagnose the problem?

:confused:

[bailey]

did you create a tcp/ip port for the printers ip address in the printer set up, for any of the systems ?

[WSW]

Yes. When I added the printer, I created an TCP/IP port for the printer attached to the router. The IP address for the printer port is the same as the admin IP address for the router, i.e. according to D-Link.

After I created the printer, I went into the printer property and check the port configuration. The IP address is the same as I entered.

I use the same IP address in my second XP computer and that one works.

[bailey]

you do not want to use the same ip address as the router
like the other systems it needs a ip address of its oun
it should be a static address too, not dchp one,
I am going by the way mine is set up.
I have a seperate server that pluggs in to the printer but shouls all work the same anyway
if you have 3 systems in the lan the ip address shoulb be

192.168.1.102
192.168.1.103
192.168.1.104

and the print server ip should be

192,168.1.105

this is just a sample of what I think it should be like.
the admin should be

192.168.1.1

hope this helps

[WSW]

Thank you for the suggestions.
I found the problem with the port configuration.
The LPR Settings queue name is supposed to be lp (i.e. LP in lower case). I entered Ip instead.
After I fixed the typo, the XP computer can share the printer on the server without any problems.

:)