Zebra QL420+, installed on windows 7 laptop, when printing via USB works fine. Change port to local tcp\ip port and unable to communicate with the printer even though I can ping it across the network and the printer is authenticated with the wireless network. Ports 515 and 6101 are both open. Printer is also installed on windows 2003 server with same results. Using Zebra ZDesigner QL420 driver - have tried searching for a generic driver with no joy so far. Any more ideas? Thanks

There are several reasons why this could be happening. If the computer accessing the printer changed then I assume the new computer was recently set up with software to send print information to the printer. I would start with simple calibration and move from there. Zebra Technologies 105SL Printer Calibrating the Printer With Video

Do the labels come out right when you print locally? That is the first thing to see. Serial devices over a network are tricky. Baud rate and what to do with CR LF, stop bits, parity etc. need to be right.

Hi!

You din't wrote what's the model of your printer, but I think we can find a solution:
1. Try to ping the IP adress you assigned to the printer. If that works, please download the latest drivers or installation software from the manufacturer of your printer (or second option use the installation disk that came with your printer). If it does not reply to ping, be sure the IP adress you assigned to the printer is in same range as the IP adresses on your network.
2. It is possible that the installation software itself manage to find the printer on the network, and that means the problem is solved
3. If not, install the printer as it is local attached (e.g USB or LPT port)
4. After installing as local printer, please go to printer proprieties, go to port, choose add a new port, choose standard tcp/ip port and write for the port the IP adress you assigned to the printer.
5. Apply changes and ...that's it.

Please let me know if it helped,

Good luck!

Hi. Hope you got it working fine now on your Windows 7. If not, go to Start Menu > Devices and Printers > right click on the Lexmark print object > Troubleshoot. Make sure the printer is on and is still connected to the computer via the usb cable.

Go to the control panel on the remote server. Then go to the printers screen. From there "add a printer". Once there, select "local printer attached to this computer" and make sure to un-check the "automatically detect and install ... " option.

Then click next and select the second option of "create a new port" with the type of port being "standard TCP/IP port"

Enter the IP address of the printer. The name could also be entered, but the IP address would be better. Leave the port name as the default which will populate as you enter the IP address.

Once through there, go through the process of adding the drivers just as you've done before. The screen to do this will pop up automaticall, though it may take a moment. You might be able to just select the printer drivers from the list. But if you have the drivers saved on your server, it is best to click "have disk" and manually install the drivers.

0.Follow the manual instructions to configure the Printer Server (tpc/ip), connection toyour local wireless LAN, etc. then, specific for Vista: 1.Vista Start Button 2.Control Panel 3.Printer 4.Add New Printer 5.Select Local Printer 6.Click on "Create new Local Port" and from the menu "Standard TCP/IP Port" 7.Click on "Next" button 8.Menu "Type" select TCP/IP and write the IP address of your Printer Server. UNSELECT "detect printer to..." then press "Next" button 9.If everithing is fine, it must find your printer server. 10.Select your driver ... that's it .... unfortunately I found some problems printing documents: it works till half page then the printer stop and I must cancel manually from the printer the job in order to reset the printer itself.... looking for solutions

Is the printer driver installed on the vista machine? You might need to install the driver as if it was local, then create a virtual tcp/ip port to print to, and reassign the printer to the tcp/ip port.

TCP/IP printing for windows xp:
you must know the IP address of the print server and the port name.and the pc's ip address must be in the same subnet as the print sever's ip address.
Step 1 Go to Start > Settings > Printers and double-click the Add Printer icon to open the Add Printer Wizard.
Step 2 Select Local Printer and click Next.
Step 3 Select Create a New Port and choose Standard TCP/IP Port from the drop-down menu and click Next.
Step 4 This will bring up the Add Standard TCP/IP Printer Port Wizard. Click Next.
Step 5 Enter the IP address of the print server and the port name and click Next.
Step 6 The next window will prompt you for the Device Type. Select the Standard radio button and use Generic Network Card from the drop-down window.
Step 7 Click Finish to close the port configuration wizard.
Step 8 This will bring you back to the Add Printer Wizard. Step through the remaining windows of the Add Printer Wizard, accepting the default values to complete configuration.

First, make sure that you can print with the printer connected directly to your computer using a usb cable.

- Make sure the printer driver is installed and you can print with a direct connection
- Get the print server's IP Address, NetGear should have already provided you with this info.
- If your'e using windows xp, go to control panel > printers and faxes
- Right click on the printer icon and go to properties
- Click on the PORTS tab
- Click on ADD PORT
- Highlight Standard TCP/IP Port then click on New Port
- Click next
- Input the WGPS606 IP Address
- Print a test page...

-hope it works!!