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			<title type="html"><![CDATA[Re: Install Solidoodle 2 via print server for mac]]></title>
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			<content type="html"><![CDATA[<p>No worries, it was an interesting idea! <img src="https://www.soliforum.com/img/smilies/smile.png" width="15" height="15" alt="smile" /></p>]]></content>
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				<name><![CDATA[grob]]></name>
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			<updated>2014-07-07T06:18:13Z</updated>
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			<title type="html"><![CDATA[Re: Install Solidoodle 2 via print server for mac]]></title>
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			<content type="html"><![CDATA[<p>Alright then. Thanks <img src="https://www.soliforum.com/img/smilies/hmm.png" width="15" height="15" alt="hmm" /></p>]]></content>
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				<name><![CDATA[luvdoraemon]]></name>
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			<updated>2014-07-07T05:49:22Z</updated>
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			<title type="html"><![CDATA[Re: Install Solidoodle 2 via print server for mac]]></title>
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			<content type="html"><![CDATA[<p>The solidoodle usb driver creates a COM port on the computer that the host software (e.g. repetier host, as comes with the solidoodle package) uses to communicate with it - it&#039;s basically a usb-serial adapter underneath.</p><p>Normally a network print server can only share things it knows how to talk to - and yours, according to the brochure, will only talk to generic printers and mass storage devices. Depending on which it detects, it then runs a network print server or samba share drive itself so you can access them over the network. As a rule these print servers don&#039;t know how to deal with serial adapters, a brief look around the net came up with a few people trying this unsuccessfully for various applications (older printers that use serial ports, mainly).</p><p>The reason it&#039;s showing up in &#039;shares&#039; is that your print server doesn&#039;t know what the solidoodle is, and perhaps has defaulted to thinking it&#039;s a storage device. You can&#039;t connect to it, as when the print server tries to speak mass-storage-device-language via usb to the solidoodle, the solidoodle will ignore it.</p><p>In short, this is not going to work. Please connect it directly to the computer by USB.</p><p>(If you want to access it via wifi, the current best method is to put a dedicated host computer on the printer (e.g. a $40 raspberry pi single-board computer), running it&#039;s own 3d-printing host software that provides a network/web interface (e.g. octoprint), with a wifi connection (the pi needs a usb dongle for this). It&#039;s a more involved project, but not insurmountable. There are many guides on the internet about doing this.)</p>]]></content>
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				<name><![CDATA[grob]]></name>
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			<updated>2014-07-07T04:33:33Z</updated>
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			<title type="html"><![CDATA[Re: Install Solidoodle 2 via print server for mac]]></title>
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			<content type="html"><![CDATA[<p>Thank you for your reply. </p><p>Just to clarify, even with the print server which is connected directly to the 3D printer by USB, it doesn&#039;t work at all? Even though we are able to detect the 3D printer through the print server on the network?</p>]]></content>
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				<name><![CDATA[luvdoraemon]]></name>
				<uri>https://www.soliforum.com/user/5818/</uri>
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			<updated>2014-07-07T02:56:59Z</updated>
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			<title type="html"><![CDATA[Re: Install Solidoodle 2 via print server for mac]]></title>
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			<content type="html"><![CDATA[<p>Welcome to the forum!</p><p>OK, although it might be called a &quot;3D printer,&quot; this isn&#039;t actually a printer like ones you&#039;ve previously used. It doesn&#039;t use normal printer drivers. It needs to be connected directly to the computer by USB, which runs special software to control it. It will not work through a wireless router&#039;s print server. </p><p>Here are the set-up instructions, please follow them to get started: <a href="http://www.solidoodle.com/start-here/set-up/">http://www.solidoodle.com/start-here/set-up/</a></p><p>Making this work via wifi is a whole new ballgame, please don&#039;t worry about that right now...</p>]]></content>
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				<name><![CDATA[grob]]></name>
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			<updated>2014-07-04T05:54:30Z</updated>
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			<title type="html"><![CDATA[Install Solidoodle 2 via print server for mac]]></title>
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			<content type="html"><![CDATA[<p>I have an issue trying to install the Solidoodle 2 via the print server. </p><p>Is there any way to link the Solidoodle 2 to the mac through WiFi? I tried to add the IP at the Print &amp; Scan window but couldn&#039;t locate the driver as shown on the attachment image. </p><p>I connected the Solidoodle 2 to the print server which connects to the router and accessing the Solidoodle 2 through WiFi using a mac (as attached image). The issue is that I can&#039;t find a way to connect to the Solidoodle 2 from the mac in order to print. The print server I&#039;m currently using is TP-LINK: TL-PS110U</p><p>Thanks!</p>]]></content>
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				<name><![CDATA[luvdoraemon]]></name>
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			<updated>2014-07-04T02:54:04Z</updated>
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