I wanted to print to my two printers in a different room, but my D-Link DPR-1260 just wouldn’t let me. The DPR-1260 is a really great value for the money, with 4 USB ports you could potentially set it up with 4 different printers. It also includes a ethernet port so if you wanted you could set up a NAS (Network Attached Storage).

However, using the wizard D-Link provided it will print half a test page then stop, not very useful. This is how I fixed it.

According to this post by “talkview365″ at this forum (http://help.lockergnome.com/general/link-DPR-1260-vista–ftopict52662.html) he found a way to add a printer using LPR protocol instead of TCP/IP.
According to D-Link’s documentation, “LPR/LPD is more commonly used in Mac or Unix environments.” His post describes a fix for Vista, but I’m running Windows 7 and having the same problem. I altered my steps slightly because it wouldn’t work exactly the way talkview365 described.

1. Go to the Start Menu – Control Panel – Hardware & Sound – Printer
2. From the printer page, click on Add a Printer.
3. Choose to add a “Local Printer”
4. Choose “Create new port” and select Standard TCP/IP from the list. Click next.
5. Leave the first option, it should be autodetected. The hostname IP and port are BOTH going to be your dlink-xxxxxx (the x’s are the first 6 chars of your print server’s MAC address). Keep the box checked, then click next.
6. Wait for detection.
7. Choose custom and then click on Settings
8. From here, there’s 2 ways to set it up. Choose the 2nd way, it is the only way that worked for me.
   1. 1st Way -
      1. Leave the port and ip as is.
      2. Protocal = RAW
      3. RAW Setting = 9100 (default TCP/IP setting for DCP-1260 unless you changed it. Different for each printer so check first.)
      4. Check the SNMP Status Enables: with option Public and 1 (default)
      5. Click Ok.
   2. 2nd Way -
      1. Leave the port and IP as is.
      2. Protocol = LPR
      3. LPR Setting = In the DPR-1260s configuration in the Status page it will tell you the LPR Queue name. It will be different for each printer.
      4. ENABLE “LPR Byte Counting Enabled” <- This is what fixed the whole thing for me. For a better explanation why, go here. It references RFC1179.
      5. Do NOT enable SNMP.
      6. Click Ok.
9. From here, click Next.
10. On the following screen,  just choose your printer brand and model from the list, this is where you install your driver.
11. Click next. Do a test print and it should work.

Now I can print wirelessly to my printers!

Thanks to the lockergnome.com forums and forum member talkview365. Also, the printers I tested successfully were a HP Photosmart C4100 series and a HP LaserJet 1200 series.

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