Landon Robinson
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Hi, I have a Samsung SM-337AZ that is unable to print to a network printer.
Before I get into all of the details of what went on I do want to say that when I used the "PrinterShare Mobile Print" app that I was able to send a test page from my phone to the printer and it printed out, so I know that there is a way that this will work, but in order to do any real printing the app requires that you pay for the updated version which (for reasons that I don't want to get into) I refuse to do.
So anyway... the printer is an old "HP LaserJet 4000T" the internal Jet Direct card is dead (a new one is on order) so I have one of those old "Netgear PS101" print server interfaces plugged into the Parallel Port on the back of the printer, I assigned it a static IP in the network router so that it won't drift to another IP if the router is ever rebooted.
The printer is pingable from a Windows laptop and I was able to send it a test page that printed out.
But on my Android phone I have tried using the default printing app, the HP printing app, and the Samsung printing app, to set up a TCP/IP port on the IP address of the printer but they all give an error that they are unable to connect to the printer.
But I am able to open up Chrome and get to the web interface of the print server on the same IP address so the phone does actually have a valid network path to get there at least on "Port 80", which makes me wonder ... what TCP/IP port do Android phones use to print with?
And I ask that because this print server is from the early 2000's and is probably still setup on whatever TCP/IP print port was used back then.
And I think my final question is... besides the previously mentioned "PrinterShare Mobile Print" app does anyone know of a free app that could be used instead to make this work that doesn't require you to pay anything to make it work?
Before I get into all of the details of what went on I do want to say that when I used the "PrinterShare Mobile Print" app that I was able to send a test page from my phone to the printer and it printed out, so I know that there is a way that this will work, but in order to do any real printing the app requires that you pay for the updated version which (for reasons that I don't want to get into) I refuse to do.
So anyway... the printer is an old "HP LaserJet 4000T" the internal Jet Direct card is dead (a new one is on order) so I have one of those old "Netgear PS101" print server interfaces plugged into the Parallel Port on the back of the printer, I assigned it a static IP in the network router so that it won't drift to another IP if the router is ever rebooted.
The printer is pingable from a Windows laptop and I was able to send it a test page that printed out.
But on my Android phone I have tried using the default printing app, the HP printing app, and the Samsung printing app, to set up a TCP/IP port on the IP address of the printer but they all give an error that they are unable to connect to the printer.
But I am able to open up Chrome and get to the web interface of the print server on the same IP address so the phone does actually have a valid network path to get there at least on "Port 80", which makes me wonder ... what TCP/IP port do Android phones use to print with?
And I ask that because this print server is from the early 2000's and is probably still setup on whatever TCP/IP print port was used back then.
And I think my final question is... besides the previously mentioned "PrinterShare Mobile Print" app does anyone know of a free app that could be used instead to make this work that doesn't require you to pay anything to make it work?
