[Mookatroid]

OK then ... here's the scoop.

I am trying to relocate my shared USB printer from a Linksys WRT600N v1.1 unit to an ASUS RT-N16 unit.

DD-WRT's in the scenario = ASUS RT-N16 13450 Eko Big / WRT600N v1.1 12058 BS Mini-USB
USB Printer in play is an Epson Stylus Photo R300

USB printing has always installed and ran fine on the WRT600N units, but I have ran into a hitch on the ASUS RT-N16 setup.

The setup flow on the ASUS RT-N16 has been ...
- enable/clear JFFS - worked fine - ~25MB of JFFS space automatically assigned
- reboot router
- enable all USB services except storage - again no problem
- reboot router
- ipkg update - check
- ipkg install p910nd - check
- all required /jffs folders present - check
- modified /jffs/etc/init.d/p910nd to reflect /jffs/etc... versus /etc... - check

But .. no luck on printing

So ... troubleshooting flow ...
- netstat -an
... LISTEN on port 9100 - check
- ps
... p9100d -b -f /dev/usb/lp0 0
... process running - check (tried removing -b option too)
- dmesg | grep usb
... usblp0: USB Bidirectional printer dev 2 if alt 0 proto 2 vid 0x04B8 pid 0x0803
... USB printer detected - check

Now - where I am stuck ...
- ls -la /dev/usb
... nadda ... nothing ... zip ... empty ... no lp0 or lp1, etc etc

The WRT600N p910nd config works great and shows a device mount at /dev/usb/lp0
The RT-N16 p910nd config seems very very close, but is missing a device mount at /dev/usb/
Me thinks that it's kind'a hard to print when one is missing an lp0/lp1 in the equation.

Other than obvious kernel differences, what am I missing ?

Any constructive feedback & suggestions would be appreciated.

*** EDIT: I have tried using both USB ports as well .. but not luck

Regards,

Mookatroid

[Mookatroid]

Quick follow up ... research and development conitnues.

Tried p910nd v0.93-1 manual installation + this thread ...

http://www.dd-wrt.com/phpBB2/viewtopic.php?t=44646&postdays=0&postorder=asc&start=0

No luck yet. Any guru's out there with revelations ?

[autobot]

You have to create the node, look at fraters optware the right way thread....toward the last pages I believe. But I thought Eko fixed this.

[autobot]

[autobot]

I compiled mknod for another guy, you can find it here if you want it.

[Mookatroid]

Thanks for bringing extra info into the mix autobot.

The /dev/usb folder does exist but the lp0 node does not.

I hope to find time later today to try this fix and will keep you posted.

Is this something we should open a Ticket for ?

[frater]

Yes, make a ticket....

It's not the only /dev entry that's missing.....

Eko needs to implement udev which is the kernel 2.6 way of handling devices in userspace.

[Mookatroid]

Ticket created.

http://svn.dd-wrt.com:8000/dd-wrt/ticket/1320

I hope was specific enough without going overboard.

Again, I will attempt the workaround in the mean time.

[Mookatroid]

SUCCESS !!!

Thanks for all the feedback and autobot's suggestion involving MKNOD.

In the K26 13450 BIG build, MKNOD is already present in /bin so compiling was not required.

Either way, the workaround works and all my printing is 100% operational on my RT-N16.

In a nutshell, to setup USB Printing on the ASUS RT-N16 running K26 firmware (13450 big minimum) ...

- add to Administration|Commands|Startup = /bin/mknod -m 660 /dev/usb/lp0 c 180 0
- enable/clean JFFS
- reboot router
- enable all USB services except storage
- reboot router
- ipkg update
- ipkg install p910nd
- modify contents of /jffs/etc/init.d/p910nd to reflect /jffs/etc... versus /etc...
- add to Administration|Commands|Startup = /jffs/etc/init.d/p910nd start
- reboot router
- setup your computer to print to the IP address of your router via TCP/IP port 9100

Success.

So until the missing /dev/usb/lp0 node appears in a newer K26 build, this is the USB printing soltuion.

Hope this helps others as well.

Mookatroid

[stevocz]

works but print only 5cm and on next paper print next 5cm :-(

HP photosmart 7150

[Mookatroid]

[stevocz]

i try 13450, print from wifi and lan, remove -b,

but only 5cm

[Mookatroid]

Although I did not need to, I have also read that some users need to turn off "Enable advanced printing features" on the "Advanced" tab of the printer properties ... assuming you are using Windows.

[stevocz]

i try it but still only 5cm

[Mookatroid]

Compatibility issue between p910nd and HP PS 7150 ??

Have you tried different versions of the HP printer driver (if available) ?

http://h10025.www1.hp.com/ewfrf/wc/document?docname=c00270694&lc=en&cc=us&dlc=&product=75939&printable=no

You may also be able to install a completely different printer driver. i.e. an HP Laserjet 4050dtn will print fine when used with a driver for an HP Laserjet III.

What O/S are you running ?