Hello,
I have been trying to get 2 printer/scanners working over a network in Mac OS 10.6. The Brother MFC 9840 CDW WAS printing earlier today but now it will scan and nothing else. I am also attempting to add an HP LaserJet 3050 printer which is shared through a Windows XP computer on the same network. Yes I know this is NOT ideal since it isn't a network printer, but it has been working since I set it up months ago.
Recently was scanning and then everything stopped working, both printers wouldn't print and the scanner would say an error about locating the scanner.
I removed all the printers from the Print and Fax menu.
I was able to re-add the HP LaserJet by specifying
and it would print
I was able to use the CD that came with the Brother MFC to install the Control Center and drivers for the networked printer and it was able to print. I do NOT however see the scan button in the Print and Fax System Preferences menu as I previously did. The control center allowed me to scan, but only from the glass. Presto PageManager 7 crashed each time I opened it, despite reinstalling.
I installed Presto PageManager 9 trial to see if that would prove a workaround to scanning multipage documents via the Mac however it seems that ever since that happened, the scanning is OK but now neither printer will print.
Does anyone have any ideas as to what may have happened and a way to fix it? The Brother printer is wired but the laptop is wireless if that helps.
Thanks in advance!
I have been trying to get 2 printer/scanners working over a network in Mac OS 10.6. The Brother MFC 9840 CDW WAS printing earlier today but now it will scan and nothing else. I am also attempting to add an HP LaserJet 3050 printer which is shared through a Windows XP computer on the same network. Yes I know this is NOT ideal since it isn't a network printer, but it has been working since I set it up months ago.
Recently was scanning and then everything stopped working, both printers wouldn't print and the scanner would say an error about locating the scanner.
I removed all the printers from the Print and Fax menu.
I was able to re-add the HP LaserJet by specifying
Code:
smb://username:password@IPAddress/ShareNameI was able to use the CD that came with the Brother MFC to install the Control Center and drivers for the networked printer and it was able to print. I do NOT however see the scan button in the Print and Fax System Preferences menu as I previously did. The control center allowed me to scan, but only from the glass. Presto PageManager 7 crashed each time I opened it, despite reinstalling.
I installed Presto PageManager 9 trial to see if that would prove a workaround to scanning multipage documents via the Mac however it seems that ever since that happened, the scanning is OK but now neither printer will print.
Does anyone have any ideas as to what may have happened and a way to fix it? The Brother printer is wired but the laptop is wireless if that helps.
Thanks in advance!
