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R6400 not allowing the Canon MX922 print a complete page on ocassion.
I have a Canon MX922 printer connected the the Netgear R6400 router printer port. Most of the time it works perfectly from any computer on my network. On ocassion the printer starts to print and only...
If the R6400 rear USB port is not for a printer then why does the Netgear FAQs say this.
Does R6400 support USB 3.0?
R6400 has 2 USB ports, 1 USB 3.0-Storage port at the front and 1 USB 2.0-Printer port at the back. NETGEAR recommends that you connect a USB storage device to the USB 3.0-Storage port and connect a printer to the USB 2.0-Printer port.
wment wrote:If the R6400 rear USB port is not for a printer then why does the Netgear FAQs say this.
That's not what i wrote.
Technically, the router has two USB ports, one USB 3.0 (blue) on the front, one USB 2.0 (black) on the back. Both can be used eg. for storage, the preferred one due the possible higher performance is the fron USB 3.0 one.
Even if the User manual and the KB does talk of an USB 3.0-Storage and USB 2.0-Printer port, it also says at several positions
"Connect a USB HDD to a USB port on the router.
The blue USB 3.0-Storage port on the front of the router performs faster than the USB 2.0-Printer port on the rear panel of the router."
The reason is that we must understand that there is no printer server or the like software on the router. There is much more a sophisticated USB-over-IP service in place, which does allow printer/scanner and the like USB devices extending the USB connection over the IP network. The computers UPnP mechanism does recognize the USB-network port and configure eg. a printer device on the first USB unit on the bus. Note. Only one USB unit is supported on each physical USB port why ever.
I have no idea what does cause the printer printing a partial page only. Could be the printer driver is picky on the slower or higher latency on the USB-over-IP remote USB unit, it does not keep the connection open, ... or the USB-over-IP does go down.