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I wish SMC would document this...
Authored by: victory on Sep 30, '02 06:37:08PM
Yes, I've been using my SMC Barricade working this way with my HPLJ 6MP since last year and works in 10.1.x also. (See Here for more info.) Although until a recently, there was there was an issue where the Barricade wouldn't terminate printjobs correctly. A recent SMC firmware upgrade (R.1.93s1) seems to have fixed this. For some odd reason, SMC refuses to document this tip (i.e. using 'lp' as the name of the printqueue) on their site and I've seen OSX users have to re-discover it at least 3 times so far.

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I wish SMC would document this...
Authored by: perryj on Sep 30, '02 06:55:53PM

I'm currently using an old HP LaserJet Series II PCL printer attached to my SMC Barricade via a Parallel cable. I can print wireless by Airport or by Cat5 from my PCs. I installed Gimp Print which has the required CUPS drivers.

There's really nothing for SMC to document here. They've already stated in the manual what the name of the queue and the IP address of the print server. That's all you need. If Apple had made available the necessary CUPS driver, I wouldn't have needed Gimp Print and GhostScript.

By the way, I had this whole LaserJet II setup running before Jaguar thanks to a hint from this site... using Ghostscript.



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I wish SMC would document this...
Authored by: sbk on Sep 30, '02 08:45:42PM

I agree... I posted this hint. SMC tech support had told me that the Print server did not support CUPS, only Linux!

Anyway, I emailed the tech support person these instructions and asked them to post it on the FAQ. We'll see.

Also, the naming the que "lp" tip is not found in their print server general faq, only in the Win 2000 instructions!

-- SBK



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SMC Barricade Part Number 750.5435
Authored by: rakozy on Oct 05, '02 06:58:09AM

Note that if you have rev 1.41.004 of the Barricade firmware, you must set the queue name to "LPT1", not "lp". If you try to set the queue to "lp", print jobs are stopped midway through the print process.

The firmware rev 1.93s1 appears to be for another version of the router (part number 750.5312) only.

Following the advice posted on this site, I was able to get my Mac running 10.2 to print to my HP DeskJet 970xi using the Gimp-Print 4.2.2 drivers.



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SMC Barricade Part Number 750.5435
Authored by: kevin11 on Jan 17, '03 02:21:07AM

YES! this was the tip I needed! thank you!!!



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LPT1 was the trick!
Authored by: alajuela on Jan 25, '03 06:18:00PM

I replaced my failed 7008BR with a 7004ABR, and it is running firmware 1.42.003. The trick with this unit is also to use the Win-oriented terminology LPT1. And I think that much of this is now documented on the SMC site.



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SMC Barricade Part Number 750.5435
Authored by: jasonheyd on Sep 21, '03 11:12:27AM

FYI, LPT1 is case-sensitive .. lpt1 will work, while LPT1 will not.



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SMC Barricade Part Number 750.5435
Authored by: John Strung on Nov 23, '03 11:01:37AM

I am not having much luck with this. I followed the instructions found here using both lp and lpt1 as the print cue and using the "Epson Stylus Color, CUPS+GIMP-Print v.4.25" driver. When I try to print, I get a message, showing "Printing 0,28%" etc., up to 100%, followed by "Connecting to 192.168.1.1 on port 631" followed by "network host 192.168.1.1 is busy". (192.168.1.1 is the IP address I use for the SMC 7004AWBR router to which the Epson 740 is attached by a parallel printer cable)

I am using a 7004AWBR, Firmware 142.005, and OS X Panther.

Any suggestions?



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SMC Barricade Part Number 750.5435
Authored by: Kutter on Nov 23, '03 01:50:13PM

I was able to print via an SMC router/print server under Jaguar. When I upgraded to Panther, this feature broke.

I bought a new SMC router last week, the SMC2804WBRP-G, which is a wireless G router with built-in USB print server. The manual it comes with is terrible.

For printing on the Mac, the manual says this:

"Macintosh OS supports Plug-n-Play installation of the printer server servicice."

That's all the manual says. I am not sure what they mean by Plug-n-Play since the printer plugs into the back of the router. I tried to configure the print server like I did with my old router but I get the 192.168.2.1 is busy message.

I have not got the print server working on a Windows XP machine either.

I'll probably have to call SMC Tech support about this one...

L8R.



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SMC Barricade Part Number 750.5435
Authored by: John Strung on Dec 23, '03 11:16:50PM

PROBLEM SOLVED! The problem turned out to be a Panther bug. The Fix is posted here: http://www.allosx.com/1067395661/index_html



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I wish SMC would document this...
Authored by: alexrs on Jan 21, '04 01:10:54AM

I read the whole thread, researched a lot in the Net but still can't print :o(. I'm trying an HP OfficeJet 725.
Where I am:
I created the printer accordingly
I can see the Jobs in it
I can see the Print server receiveing a Job on SMS Status page, in the web management interface
If I configure the print as "Generic" it does print, but just mixed characters (garbage) so I'm inclined to think the problem is the printer driver.

I have installed:
Jaguar (10.2.8)
ghostscript 8.00-3 (via fink)
hpijs-foomatic-1.4.1 (that comes with a driver for HP OfficeJet 725)

I also tried CUPS, downloading the HP-OfficeJet_725-hpijs.ppd CUPS driver from linuxprint.org and having it copied to /usr/share/cups/model/ (just a cp command)

What am I missing here?

Thanks a lot



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Could someone help?
Authored by: keana on Dec 11, '03 05:25:20PM

I have been trying to get the print bridge to work on my powerbook g4, 10.3, smc router, epson 740i printer and so far no luck. I think I have the computer side of things done right?? But when I try to print it seems like it is uploading something and then it says Network Host '192.168.2.1' is busy. Can someone please tell me what I have done wrong and how to fix so that I can print?...... I would love to have this working.

Thanks,
Keana



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Could someone help? Update.
Authored by: keana on Dec 13, '03 12:50:07AM

Just for an update..... I fixed the problem myself. I am loving my SMC router! It was the lowest price router and it came with a usb print bridge!! The fact that it all works so well and that it was possible to use the print bridge is awesome. This was money well spent. I found this string very helpful. The tech support from SMC emailed me the links to this thread.

Bye,
Keana



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Could someone help? Update.
Authored by: pbvirgen on Jan 03, '04 07:30:13PM

Hello, I am having the same problem. Could you post your solution and send me a copy at the email below?

Thanks

pbvirgen@earthlink.net



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Could someone help? Update.
Authored by: sayonara on Jan 13, '04 05:32:31PM

Hi,

I am having the same problem with my SMC router when printing. Could you please email me the solution.

sayonara99@hotmail.com



Thanks



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Could someone help?
Authored by: MacBelwinds on Apr 29, '04 02:31:13PM

Name the print queue "LPT1" instead of "lp". That has really made a difference on my Mac (10.3.3). Now my old HP LaserJet 4L works again both with CUPS and Foomatic drivers.



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SMC Barricade G Print Que Config
Authored by: david j on Jul 26, '04 04:56:17PM

Does Anyone know how to change the Print Que for the SMC Barricade G's Print Server?



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