I recently purchased a LinkSys G wireless print server and attached it to a 1710n. It works perfectly! I kinow this doesn't help, but I would suggest you look at the Dell wireless card that is now availalbe for most of the printer models.
I have the same D-link wireless print server (DP-G321) on port 192.168.0.10 and the 3000cn printer.
Printing works fine.
But I cannot get printer status either through the Console or via the printer properties window ("Get Information From Printer" button).
The 'Dell Printer Configuration Web Tool' is not available for use with a print server (only on a shared network).
So how do I obtain the status of the printer? Specifically, how do I know the level of the toners and when they need replacing?
Documentation, forums - I simply cannot get an answer to this. I thought I was buying a network-ready printer, but if I cannot tell what the levels of toner are, what's the point?
I ran across the same thing. What I did: I plugged the printer directly in to the network for setup. I turned on their e-mail notifications for low-toner levels and paper jams. Once you set this up, it will tell you when it needs anything!
As I mentioned previously, Dell is now selling their own wireless card for their printers. If the frustration continues, you may want to purchase one.
on a parallel vein - my CN3000 alerts me at 60% left - I find no settings to set it to 10%. As a matter of fact, I find no way to change the alert setting at all. Any suggestions? Thx.
I cannot find the wireless card for Dell's 'cn' colour laser printers on the website. So if somebody could point me to it, that would be nice.
BUT. Will it solve the problem of a computer being unable to retrieve information from the printer, such as toner depletion? The wireless card will be standard 802.11 protocol, so IF there is a reporting mechanism, then it will be in the software that comes with the card.
If this is the case, then it is rather serious, insomuch as Dell has the capability to make these printers function over a network as described (they are "network enabled", after all - and a printer reporting its toner requirements is to be accepted) but will only make this functionalty available to those who purchase the wireless card, and not those who purchase the printer itself.
I may be wrong here, but if I am not then this is a rather sharp and unethical practice (the sort of thing that got Microsoft in trouble with the Windows OS + Internet Explorer anti-trust action).
Can anybody help. All I want is to be able to run this printer on a wireless network, but that functionality of the printer not be compromised as a result (which is why I bought a network printer).
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Printing works fine.
But I cannot get printer status either through the Console or via the printer properties window ("Get Information From Printer" button).
The 'Dell Printer Configuration Web Tool' is not available for use with a print server (only on a shared network).
So how do I obtain the status of the printer? Specifically, how do I know the level of the toners and when they need replacing?
Documentation, forums - I simply cannot get an answer to this. I thought I was buying a network-ready printer, but if I cannot tell what the levels of toner are, what's the point?
OmniHotelsITGuy
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BUT. Will it solve the problem of a computer being unable to retrieve information from the printer, such as toner depletion? The wireless card will be standard 802.11 protocol, so IF there is a reporting mechanism, then it will be in the software that comes with the card.
If this is the case, then it is rather serious, insomuch as Dell has the capability to make these printers function over a network as described (they are "network enabled", after all - and a printer reporting its toner requirements is to be accepted) but will only make this functionalty available to those who purchase the wireless card, and not those who purchase the printer itself.
I may be wrong here, but if I am not then this is a rather sharp and unethical practice (the sort of thing that got Microsoft in trouble with the Windows OS + Internet Explorer anti-trust action).
Can anybody help. All I want is to be able to run this printer on a wireless network, but that functionality of the printer not be compromised as a result (which is why I bought a network printer).
Thanks all.