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I have 2 PowerBooks G4 15" running OS 10.3.9 that I use at home with an Airport Extreme. There is also a very old Apple Laser printer connected through an adapter into the Airport Ext Base. I am setting up another system at another house. I will be using the same Powerbooks and bought an Airport Express to set up this system. Wireless DSL internet is working fine. I have an HP Officejet All in One Model 5610 that I am trying to connect so I can print wirelessly. I am connecting it with a USB cable as instructed. No printing wirelessly. I get a message that "Unable to open the printer connection" (I think). If I plug the HP directly into the Powerbook, it prints no problem. I have tried everything I can think of but still no luck. I know there is some simple change that needs to be made, but I cannot figure it out. Any suggestions?? I will welcome any/all help. Don't think that any answer is to obvious--just go ahead and send it.
Thanks as always...
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wireless printing won't work--airport express
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Posted 23 February 2006 - 05:23 PM
Have you tried going to the Print Setup Utility (inside Applications/Utilities) and then going through the routine to Add Printer? (Even though you already have the printer in your list of printers, of course - it sometimes works to go through the routine of adding as if new.) Make sure you are online with your Airport Station, of course, and that the printer is switched on.
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Posted 10 February 2007 - 05:11 PM
Did you ever figure out how to make it work? I have a HP5610xi All-in-on and have been trying to get my airport extreme to work with it and i can't get it to talk. My mom's dell laptop has no problem printing wirelessly through the airport to the printer. Why wont my ibookG4 print?
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Posted 15 March 2007 - 09:22 PM
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Did you ever figure out how to make it work? I have a HP5610xi All-in-on and have been trying to get my airport extreme to work with it and i can't get it to talk. My mom's dell laptop has no problem printing wirelessly through the airport to the printer. Why wont my ibookG4 print?
Did you ever figure out how to make it work? I have a HP5610xi All-in-on and have been trying to get my airport extreme to work with it and i can't get it to talk. My mom's dell laptop has no problem printing wirelessly through the airport to the printer. Why wont my ibookG4 print?
Yes I just figured this out today. Get the hpijs open source drivers for the 5610 (i have a 5610v) and also install the ghostscript.
http://www.linux-fou.../hpijs#Printers
PLug the USB printer into your base station like normal. Once installed restart and choose the printer from bonjour. I used the officejet 5500 driver and it works! /forums/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/laugh.gif
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Posted 29 March 2007 - 04:52 AM
I tried to follow the guidelines and installed the Open Source drivers on our iBook running 10.3.9. This MacOS has Rendezvous and not Bonjour. I can see the iBook identifies the all-in-one printer but I cannot get it running.
Installing Bojour for Windows on a Dell portable worked fine and did the connection perfectly through the same Airport and with the same all-in-one.
I would be happy to get some help ... maybe Bonjour is available fro 10.3.9, maybe I need some more details about the installation steps.
Would appreciate help.
Installing Bojour for Windows on a Dell portable worked fine and did the connection perfectly through the same Airport and with the same all-in-one.
I would be happy to get some help ... maybe Bonjour is available fro 10.3.9, maybe I need some more details about the installation steps.
Would appreciate help.
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Posted 30 March 2007 - 10:20 AM
I just tried a MacBook OS 10.4 borrowed machine with a Brother 7820N network multi-function without the Brother software(didnt want to put software on a borrowed machine) on my network. I only tried printing (scanning cant possibly work without the Brother software).
The MB Ethernet hard wired to the router:
Could see the Bonjour printer to add it to the printer list.
Could print via Bonjour.
The MB wirelessly connected to the generic router:
Could NOT see the Bonjour printer.
Could NOT print through Bonjour even after being added through Ethernet as a Bonjour printer.
Had no problem wirelessly printing to that same multi-function when set up through IP Printing.
Sees and can print to my workhorse Lexmark E322n laser via (so called obsolete) AppleTalk.
The MB Ethernet hard wired to the router:
Could see the Bonjour printer to add it to the printer list.
Could print via Bonjour.
The MB wirelessly connected to the generic router:
Could NOT see the Bonjour printer.
Could NOT print through Bonjour even after being added through Ethernet as a Bonjour printer.
Had no problem wirelessly printing to that same multi-function when set up through IP Printing.
Sees and can print to my workhorse Lexmark E322n laser via (so called obsolete) AppleTalk.
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