Optra S Marknet

[tfwilliams]

I have an Optra S 1255 with the Marknet S network card installed. I've
successfully installed Lexmark drivers to print from Win 98 and from
Red Hat 9 using the parallel port. Now I'm trying to set up the
drivers to print over my home network thru the network card, and I
can't get it work, neither with Linux nor Win98.

I can connect to the Marknet webserver and bring down the printer's
configuration page. I can also use the finger command to get printer
information. And I can ping the printer, too. So that much of the
TCP/IP networking is OK.

In Win98, I go to Control Panel -> Printers -> Lexmark Optra S 1255 and
right click properties. I click on the Details tab, then Add Port. I
select the Other button, then Lexmark Network Printer Monitor, then OK.
I get the "Add Lexmark Network Port", select Manage Print Server List
and tell it to search my network. After it finds the printer, I enter
a logical name, highlight the printer, and click OK. After about 10
seconds, I get a pop-up box with the messages: " Failed to Enumerate"
and "Failed to locate the printer you specified".

Has anyone else experienced this, or have any suggestions?

thanks,

Tom

 

[Coup]

I have an Optra S 1255 with the Marknet S network card installed. I've
successfully installed Lexmark drivers to print from Win 98 and from
Red Hat 9 using the parallel port. Now I'm trying to set up the
drivers to print over my home network thru the network card, and I
can't get it work, neither with Linux nor Win98.

I can connect to the Marknet webserver and bring down the printer's
configuration page. I can also use the finger command to get printer
information. And I can ping the printer, too. So that much of the
TCP/IP networking is OK.

In Win98, I go to Control Panel -> Printers -> Lexmark Optra S 1255 and
right click properties. I click on the Details tab, then Add Port. I
select the Other button, then Lexmark Network Printer Monitor, then OK.
I get the "Add Lexmark Network Port", select Manage Print Server List
and tell it to search my network. After it finds the printer, I enter
a logical name, highlight the printer, and click OK. After about 10
seconds, I get a pop-up box with the messages: " Failed to Enumerate"
and "Failed to locate the printer you specified".

Has anyone else experienced this, or have any suggestions?

thanks,

Tom

Win 98 is pure shit for networking, try something slightly less
obsolete, Hell, Win 2000 officially ceased to have any support
yesterday.