LSL V2 - Anyone got two printers working?

[say170]

   

Hi folks/support,

 

I want to connect to printers to my LSL V2.  Is this possible?  Has anyone got it working?  I have an old router to which I can connect 8 printers via hub, and knowing the ls runs unix, it ought to be possible, but I'm getting nowhere.

 

Cheers

[Paul]

what is the complete model number and firmware version you are using?

[say170]

   HS-DH500GL EU running 2.11 firmware

[Colin137]

You can connect a USB printer to the Linkstation to have it act as a print server. You need to have the printer drivers installed on each computer you want to print from.

[say170]

   Yes, I can connect a USB printer and have it working, but I want to connect 'two' printers.  I have a laser printer and and inkjet printer.

[Colin137]

The Linkstation only supports one printer. Sorry this took so long.

[say170]

   Please can you put this forward as a suggestion for a future firmware.  It should be simple to support more than one.  After all, I've seen ways of using 8 USB drives on a LS.

[Colin137]

I'll forward your request to our corporate office.

[say170]

   Thanks.  I have managed to get it working, albeit via a backdoor method.  By editing /etc/printcap and adding the second (lp1) port, cp -a /mnt/disk1/spool/lp to lp1, and then setting up a standard tcp/ip port in xp.  I couldn't get it to work via a samba share.