Installed 3 Zonet Parallel print servers on a W2K3 server for connectivity with 3 Okidata ML395 printers. Printers are in Epson emulation. Can't get any driver to work - just get garbage. Hook a printer up to a PC and it works fine. Any help is appreciated.

An easy way would be to download and install nmap. For the IP address to scan, if your computer ip is say, 192.168.0.52 then enter 192.168.0.0/24 and select the quick scan. Whichever device comes back with an open port of 9100 is most likely the print server.

It should if your printer has parallel port in the back. Follow the instructions manual, connect print server to the parallel port and then to the network. Get the manual here:

http://www.dlink.com/products/default.aspx?pid=DP-311P&tab=3

Click on support resources and choose our country. Go from there

We had this same problem and discovered that some vendor installed a program called "Print Track" which discovered every printer on the network using port 9100 and sent a query for how many pages were printed. Removing this software from the offending PC resolved this issue. We used the "job log" from one of the Okidata printers to find the IP address of the PC that was causing this.

Hi,
Driver related problems can be solved by using this program Driver Update (including your epson driver files). Wish you best of luck
Chris

Okidata works pretty good for 4 part forms. I've worked on dot matrix printers in the past and found that a lot of them jam with that big of a form and eventually burn the motor out a lot faster. Not a problem to handle on an Okidata.

I have yet to find a USB interface for one so that might be a challenge. Apple used to use a round serial interface. You might be able to find a workaround for that using a USB hub. I have a Belkin one at home that carries an Apple serial interface.

Another idea that could work is to use a parallel based print server with a eternet port on it. Then you can run it on a TCP/IP. The only time you need to use a browser is for administration setup on the print server by typing in the TCP/IP address into the browser.

Safari can work in place of Firefox. Make sure the printer server has Mac drivers for it.

Well, The first thing you should do is to try to test of the print server is properly connecting to the printer. Check the linksys printserver manual and look for how to print a status sheel from the print server. Once done, get the IP address of the print server. Go to your laptop and navigate to control panel/printer. See if you have the driver installed or download the Vista Drivers from Epson.com/support. During the installation, it will ask you what connection type your computer uses. cancel out of the installation or choose LPT1 as the port. Once done, go back to control panel/printers.Right click the R220 icon and navigate to properties. Select ports after that and add a new port. Select Standard TCP IP port after that. Once done, the wizard will appear. Input the IP address of the printer and finish the wizard. you should be good to go after this.

disconnect this printer from your gigabit switch and try running it by itself. this printer should have its own on board memory. you may have uncompatible memories.

Print the Menu Setting out on printer and menu setting out on pc. Match sure emulation matcheds on both sides. If using serial make sure serial settings match on both sides. If parallel, check the bois on the PC, change parallel port type to EPP instead of ECP or SPP.

Since it's over a year since we had any response on this, I think we might call it "Solved by Poster".

Persever. Change your usb points, and at the last resort get the cord from your old printer and use this type of connection. Go slowly thorugh the disc step by step and make sure you delete any previous installations of the print file in the control panel.