I bought the ps101 got some help from netgear and my IT guy hooking it up to 3 seperate PCs for printing. All of them print just fine, but it's so slow.... It probably takes a full minute after I tell it to print before it starts. Is that just the way it is or is there a solution??
Please help,
Matt C.
Matt C.,
I bet that your 'IT guy' installed the Netgear software on each PC. He should have installed it on only 1 PC and used it to set the IP, Subnet Mask and Default Gateway on the PS101.
Use the 'Printers and Faxes/Properties/Ports' tab of the printer to get the IP, you'll need it in a minute.
Download and expand the appropriate Drivers for the printer, or have the CD ready.
Remove all instances of the Netgear software from the PC's if your PS101 is configured (Use the 'Control Panel / Add-remove software')
Once the PS101 is configured, you can install the 'network printer' on all 3 PC's using the following method (assuming WinXP):
Click 'Start'
Click 'Settings'
Click 'Printer & Faxes'
Click 'Add A Printer'
When the 'Wizard' opens up, click 'Next'
Make sure the option for 'Local printer attached to this computer' is selected, but DO NOT select 'Automatically detect and install my Plug and Play printer'
Click 'Next'
Click 'Create a new port'
Using the 'drop down' select 'Standard TCP/IP port'
Then click 'Next' twice
In the field 'Printer Name or IP Address' enter the IP that your 'IT guy' assigned during the initial setup (You should have that from the 'Printers and Faxes/Properties/Ports' that I referenced earlier.
Click 'Next'
You should see 'Standard: Generic Network Card', if so click 'Next'
then 'Finish'
The 'Add Printer Wizard' should open.
Click 'Have Disk' and browse to the folder that you expanded the drivers for the printer into.
Click 'Print Testpage'
Click 'Finish'
You should be printing a lot faster.
Let me know if this doesn't work, or isn't clear!
Just adding some extra steps, my wife interrupted me before I reviewed the steps!Just adding some extra steps, my wife interrupted me before I reviewed the steps!
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Somewhere in the setup instructions type the ipaddress of the router in internet explorer and if you have the correct credentials to get in this device you may set the sleep time or shut that off
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This was more hastle than it was worth. So I bought a new print server (twice), neither worked either. Might be the router, but after spending 2 hours on the phone with INDIA, I said forget it and took it back, bought a parallel card and gonna hook it up with a cable!
gave hint to use hp deskjet 5400 driver instead of the hp business inkjet 2230 driver i have been trying for days with my Netgear PS101 printserver
(v1?). Finally works, at least for a complete looking test page and the
preferences for the 5400 printer seem clearer than those given for the 2230. maybe that is why print servers and printers are not working...it is the driver supplied by HP is wacko for vista?
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The blinking amber light means there is a hardware problem. Got that from Netgear's website because we have a similar problem here. I don't know if it means hardware problem in the print server or in the printer. We put the print server on a UPS Uninterruptible Power Supply and that problem seems to be gone. We are in an old factory and the wiring is not so reliable. Maybe you could try this same fix.
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