Networked Printing on a DI-707P Router?

Feztaa asks: "I've recently purchased a D-Link DI-707P wired router, which comes equipped with a parallel port, so that you can share your printer with all computers on the local network without having to rely on somebody's computer to be on for the printer to work. Unfortunately, the router only ships with print drivers for windows. The D-Link support website basically says 'for Linux printing support, go ask the Open Source community'. I've been googling for the past few days, but most searches that include 'DI-707P' just return sites trying to sell me one. Here's what I know so far: The router's web-based config system provides no configuration for the printer, it just tells me if there's a printer plugged in and turned on or not. I portscanned the router and found that port 515 is open. I know that's LPD, but I don't know how to configure that on my system. I'm using Red Hat 9, and the GUI tools will allow me to configure a networked printer using LPD, but I can't get the thing to actually print (it asks for the IP of the printer and the name queue; I don't know how to find out the name of the queue). The printer I'm using is a BJC-250. I've had absolutely no trouble printing on this printer when it was plugged into my parallel port, so I know the printer works fine. Does anybody have any experience with this router (or similar D-Link routers), and if so, what did you have to do to get your Linux system printing with it?"

Comments

Dear Slashdot,

[bitty]

I have no clue how to use Usenet newsgroups or IRC. On your next slow news day, could you post a question on your front page asking how? It might be good to post it a couple times throughout the next few days to be sure people see it.

Thanks!

Try the Mac OS X instructions

[girth]

This is for a DI-713p. Probably has the same os inside

# For "Device URI" use "lpd://(hostname)/lp"

Found on http://homepage.usask.ca/~dkm560/713p.html via a Google search for "linux D-Link lpd queue".

Re:Doh!

[Jammer2k]

Two things here.... First, your type of attitude is one of the reasons many newbies give up on Linux. When they have a problem they look to experienced people and get told they are morons.... that does'nt help. Try to be a little more constructive, its not that hard to do. Really. Second, read the whole question. Understand the question. Then realize that all he was asking was about was LPR queue name that the router used. Sure he might of added irrelevant info, but the core question is there. /rant

Re:Doh!

[itwerx]

And as I pointed out the queue name is not the core question.
He's already said he looked on D-Link's site (although not that hard because the answer to the queue name question is right here).
Yes, the attitude is one thing, but y'know what? This isn't a site for newbies! It's "News for NERDS etc.
But it's a slow news day, so what can ya do? :)

Re:Basic LPR stuff?

[Jeremiah Cornelius]

If the queue isn't named "0" then it is almost certainly named lp.

If yer using KDE, switch to CUPS for your printing system, and use the enormously well - concieved and realized add printer wizard for an remote LPR queue. You might have to add a CUPS package for LPD compatibility, depending on your distro.

If you are not using KDE, install and configure CUPS anyway - with all the foomatic and GIMP-print add-ons. The web-based administration tool that ships as part of CUPS will do the job nearly as well as the KDE wizard - with the benefit of links to full documentation on-line.

Jesus Christ

[Feztaa]

Yeah, I posted this about a week ago, I've figured it out since then. I wasn't expecting slashdot to actually approve this.

The queue name was 'lp'. Now go to hell, you bastards.