I have an EPSON R200 printer connected to the WL500g router's USB port.
The printer is switched on.
I can communicate with the WL500g from a laptop with a AboCom 11g PC card.
I am using Windows 2000
When I go to http://my.router/Main_GStatus_Content.asp, I see that the Printer Status is offline. (Hopefully this doesn't matter at this stage??)
I have followed all the instructions that I could find in this forum, i.e.
1.> Add Printer, Local to IP 192.168.1.1:9101, used the installed R200 printer driver that I use when printer is directly connected to laptop.
2.> Set Respond to LPR Request from LAN to YES
3.> Using Firmware 1.7.5.6
4.> Using HW Version 1.0
I noticed that some other EPSON USB printers have been made to work so I have not given up hope yet.
PS: Why is there any compatability problem with USB printers? Surely a USB tunneling protocol has been developed where the USB port on the WL500g looks and works the same as the local machines USB port. Perhaps there is a USB virtual driver available which I can link the EPSON to...
Any help would be much appreciated.