Posted: Sat Apr 07, 2007 20:07 Post subject: Printing to Configured Brother MPC 3820CN
Is there a setting in the DD-WRT firmware that allows IP printing?
The printer works fine using a Linksys WRT54G with the default firmware, however, when a WRT54G or other compatible DD-WRT router (i.e., Buffalo WHR-HP-G54) is flashed with DD-WRT, nothing can be printed to the Brother printer. The IP can be pinged however, so the network in general can see the printer.
Posted: Sun Apr 08, 2007 13:55 Post subject: Printing to Configured Brother MPC 3820CN
I don't believe the 3820cn has the capability of access setup remotely (via browser or telnet). At lease there is nothing mentioned about this in the manual. In any case tried to access via browser. Just get the standard browser window that 'nobody's home'.
There is nothing in the dd-wrt default settings which would interfere with printing.
This is obvious, but for the record:
1. Power cycle the printer so it requests network settings via DHCP.
2. Find your printers IP or name on the dd-wrt status page.
3. Double-Check that your workstation is not printing to the old name or IP address. (I've made that mistake!)
4. If that doesn't resolve it, scan the device to determine which services are up. (NMAP)
Are ports 631 or 9100 open?
Also, AFAIK there should be a telnet and web admin pages for all of the MFCs. Try telneting to the printer as well.
Posted: Sun Apr 08, 2007 16:02 Post subject: Printing to Configured Brother MPC 3820CN
Problem ended up be unrelated to any of the replies; it was a simple LPR issue with the DD-WRT firmware. The Brother 3820CN requires the printer to be set up for strictly IP Printing using LPR and not any networking scanning utilities, i.e., Rendezvous.
Apparently the default Linksys firmware has no problem with scanning utilities. Printer works fine now.
This seems like exactly the same issue I'm having. I'm wondering what exactly you had to do to fix it?
My Brother MFC-7840W worked fine on the Linksys firmware but after flashing to dd-wrt the scanning functions don't work right. The Brother software doesn't even see the printer when installing even though it connects fine to the network and shows up fine on the network.
