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#1 2009-01-08 4:52 am
- Taos
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Humdinger printer problem... AE and Samsung Laser
Hi all,
I have a Samsung CLP 300 and and Airport Express base station with a couple of powerbooks. Until recently the printer worked fine off the network but now it doesn't. I can't put my finger on what caused it, it could be going on holidays and turning everything off at the mains, or moving the network to a closed WPA2 personal protocol.
I have reinstalled the drivers, the printer works when connected through USB, it is seen the Airport Utility as being connected tot he base station, it appears as a bonjour printer but it still won't print... the status is always 'stopped'. I try and start them but they stop.
Can someone shine a little light on this for me?
Last edited by Taos (2009-01-08 4:53 am)
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#2 2009-01-08 8:52 am
- Nefarious
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Re: Humdinger printer problem... AE and Samsung Laser
Is your current user account an admin account ?
Try using a 2nd user account.
We might end up deleting some preference files and trying again.
My bet is on the closed network possibility. I had a hard time getting my airport + iphone right when I adjusted some password setting.
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#3 2009-01-08 5:40 pm
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Re: Humdinger printer problem... AE and Samsung Laser
I'm not sure if your network being closed is necessarily the problem, but you may as well disable this since it is of very little security consequence.
Every WiFi packet sent out has ID information which identifies which network it belongs to. This ID information contains the name of your WiFi in clear text, so while a closed network could stop beginners who are unaware of this fact anyone with bad intentions and a little learning (and have any number of readily available hacking tools) can get the name of your WiFi network. Of much more importance is the fact that you are using WPA2 to protect it. As long as you are using a sufficiently long password for WPA which isn't subject to a dictionary attack, you shouldn't bother with closing your network.
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