I'm sort of a "switcher" in process. I've had a TiBook for a couple of years, even though I've continued to mostly use PC's. I just bought a new iMac and a Mac Mini and I want to connect them to an HP 7110 AIO that's hooked to a Linksys wireless print server on a home wireless network (also Linksys). I have two Windows desktops and two Windows laptops that connect wirelessly and have no trouble recognizing the the print server and printing to the HP. I can't get any of my Macs to do it.
All three Macs will recognize the the printserver when I go to the Printer Setup Manager and specify AppleTalk, but they only recognize the printer under the generic network name assigned by the print server (LK95901); they list it as a "generic PostScript printer". If I try to add the driver manually, I get a list box for HP but it doesn't include my printer (in fact, the selection is pretty limited, at least compared to the Windows list). HP has a Mac setup program for my printer, which I've downloaded and tried to run, but at the outset it requires me to specify whether the printer is on USB or TCP/IP (my only two choices). When is specify the latter, it searches but fails to find the printer server/printer, so I'm stuck. I've tried manually entering the network name and the DHCIP address for the print server, but the Macs don't recognize either. It's frustrating because I know the machines can see the device. Again, if I specify AppleTalk, I can actually get any of the three to "speak" to the printer, except that the output is gibberish because of the "generic PostScript" designation (I presume).
HP support is, of course, useless. Does anyone have any ideas? Thanks in advance.
All three Macs will recognize the the printserver when I go to the Printer Setup Manager and specify AppleTalk, but they only recognize the printer under the generic network name assigned by the print server (LK95901); they list it as a "generic PostScript printer". If I try to add the driver manually, I get a list box for HP but it doesn't include my printer (in fact, the selection is pretty limited, at least compared to the Windows list). HP has a Mac setup program for my printer, which I've downloaded and tried to run, but at the outset it requires me to specify whether the printer is on USB or TCP/IP (my only two choices). When is specify the latter, it searches but fails to find the printer server/printer, so I'm stuck. I've tried manually entering the network name and the DHCIP address for the print server, but the Macs don't recognize either. It's frustrating because I know the machines can see the device. Again, if I specify AppleTalk, I can actually get any of the three to "speak" to the printer, except that the output is gibberish because of the "generic PostScript" designation (I presume).
HP support is, of course, useless. Does anyone have any ideas? Thanks in advance.