[DuoList] (slightly) off topic: wireless printing

Kyleen kyleen at fusiongraphics.org
Mon Jul 2 07:31:40 PDT 2007


When you go to "print" do you see an option for Bonjour Printers?

That's where you actually select the printer from. Likely, the other one
that you are using is for when you had the printer directly plugged into the
computer.

Try that.




On 7/2/07 10:02 AM, "David Grant" <dgrant at iastate.edu> wrote:

> Hope you folks will forgive a slightly off topic question.
> 
> The problem:
>    wireless printing does not work
> 
> The hardware details:
>    G3 iBook, 10.4.8
>    Epson Stylus Photo 820
>    Apple's AirPort card installed
>    white flying saucer AirPort base station
> 
> The symptoms:
>    printer works perfectly when connected directly to iBook via USB -
> named Stylus Photo 820 by printer install
>    when connected via USB to base station, AirPort Utility 'sees' it
> and refers to it as -Epson- Stylus Photo 820 (emphasis mine)
>    Printer Setup will correctly add the printer connected to the base
> station (i.e. it sees it and refers to it as the -Epson- Stylus
> Photo, not the Stylus Photo
>    despite all seeming to be OK, printing does not work - when I try
> the OS goes away for a while and eventually says it couldn't find the
> printer
> 
> Anybody have any ideas?
> 
> TIA,
> David
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