RE: [WinMac] RE: Airport and HP 4100N

From: Donovan, Harold (donovan.harold[at]nbpub.com)
Date: Fri Aug 24 2001 - 08:10:55 PDT

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    If the macs see eachother using AppleTalk, you shoule be able to turn on
    Appletalk on the printer. Another option would be to connect to the printer
    using IP with the mac printer utility that comes with the operating system
    (OS 8.5.1 and up)

    > -----Original Message-----
    > From: amiles@greenhills.net [SMTP:amiles@greenhills.net]
    > Sent: Thursday, August 23, 2001 6:41 PM
    > To: winmac@iffy.com
    > Subject: [WinMac] RE: Airport and HP 4100N
    >
    > >I have several Macs, iMacs, G4, etc on a network. All
    > >can access and print with the HP 4100N via the ethernet hub
    > >when I hard wire them. When I switch to
    > >using Airport, all the computers see each other
    > >but I can't get the dad burn HP to print via airport.
    > >I've tried connecting the HP via the hub, directly to
    > >Airport station and a variety of combinations with
    > >no success.
    > >
    > >I plan on moving entire classroom to wireless as soon as
    > >I work thru the printer problems. Any hints or help out
    > >there?
    > >
    > > Dennis Devine
    > >San Antonio Boys Village.
    >
    >
    > The computers will see each because they are using Appletalk for that
    > communication. They will use TCP/IP to print to the 4100N. You might use
    > the Aiport Admin Utility to see if it's setup to act as a DHCP server. I
    > don't know your particular network setup, but I had to turn the DHCP
    > option
    > off so that the printer could be seen over Airport. I was using a separate
    > DNS server for the whole network.
    >
    > Alan
    >
    >
    > Alan Miles
    > Science Teacher/Technology Coordinator
    > Southwest R-1 School
    > 4944 Highway DD
    > Ludlow, MO 64656
    >
    >
    >
    >
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