IOGEAR ONE PORT USB PRINT SERVER AND MEPIS

The
IOGEAR 1-port USB print server (GPSU01) allows sharing of a printer
from any computer on your network. Setup for my daughter's Windows
system and my son's MAC was simple ??? just insert the CD and it
worked.

My
laptop running Simply Mepis was not so simple. There are no
instructions for Linux in the manual and I could not find anything in
the various Linux forums. After much
fiddling, I have been able to configure
Mepis to work with the IOGEAR print server. In case anyone else
needs it, here are step by step instructions:

Logon
and run the Add Printer Wizard found under ???Print System??? on the
start menu. The wizard will step you through eleven screens.

1. ???Introduction???
   screen: click ???Next???

2. ???Back
   end Selection??? screen: choose ???Remote LPD queue???

3. ???LPD
   Queue information??? screen:

   1. enter
      the IP address of your IOGEAR print server in the ???Host??? field.
      

   2. Enter
      ???lp1??? in the ???Queue??? field.
      (note ???L??? as in Lima, ???P??? as in Papa, and the numeral one).
      

4. ???Printer
   Model Selection??? screen: select the printer type that you have
   connected to the USB port on the IOGEAR print server. In my case
   this was an Epson Stylus C80.

5. 
   ???Driver Selection??? Screen: select
   ???CUPS+Gimp-Print v4.2.7 [English]

6. ???Printer
   Test??? Screen: click the ???Test??? button. If you are not logged
   in as root, you will be asked for the root password. If everything
   is correct up to this point, a CUPS test page will print on your
   printer.

7. 
   ???Banner Selection??? screen: accept
   the default ???no banner??? or what ever you prefer.

8. ???Printer
   Quota Settings??? screen: accept default or as you prefer

9. ???User
   Access Settings??? screen: accept default or as you prefer

10. 
    ???General Information??? screen: You
    must give the printer a name. The other fields are optional

11. 
    ???Confirmation??? screen: If all looks
    good, click the ???Finish??? button.

You
should now be able to print to the printer connected to the IOGEAR
USB print server. If not double check the following:

A.
Use the ???REMOTE LPD QUEUE???

B.
Use the correct IP address for your IOGEAR print server. You will
probably want to assign the IP address instead allowing DHCP to
automatically assign the address.

100. Use
     ???LP1??? for the queue.

D. Use the appropriate ???CUPS +
Gimp-Print??? driver for your printer. NOT the driver that says
???Recommended??? beside it!