Brother HL-3170CDW printer; Windows 10; HP Laptop WiFi connect to Century Link C1100T modem/router; printer in WLAN connection mode and prints Network Status page as "connected".
Latest W-10 driver installed and seems to be recognizing the printer - shows in "Control Panel", selectable as default printer, Brother Utility -> Status correctly shows printer status as eg. Sleep or Ready, and shows toner quantities.
O.K. so far... "Print Test Page" goes through the motions, page sent to printer -> "What's printing now" shows file with "printing" state but nothing prints and eventually it times out and gives error message "print to Brother HL-3170CDW failed."
Admin access, via browser, to 192.168.0.3 (as setup from printer control panel) appears to show relevant data EXCEPT when selecting "Find Device" the browser page updates with -nothing- listed in the device table area.
I have seen conflicting advice regarding the "SNMP" option in the Windows network port setup: one source says NOT select SNMP to avoid printer appearing to be offline when it is actually ready; a second source says YES select SNMP to allow Windows to query printer of ready status, etc.
Which is best? Or, what else can be wrong?
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Latest W-10 driver installed and seems to be recognizing the printer - shows in "Control Panel", selectable as default printer, Brother Utility -> Status correctly shows printer status as eg. Sleep or Ready, and shows toner quantities.
O.K. so far... "Print Test Page" goes through the motions, page sent to printer -> "What's printing now" shows file with "printing" state but nothing prints and eventually it times out and gives error message "print to Brother HL-3170CDW failed."
Admin access, via browser, to 192.168.0.3 (as setup from printer control panel) appears to show relevant data EXCEPT when selecting "Find Device" the browser page updates with -nothing- listed in the device table area.
I have seen conflicting advice regarding the "SNMP" option in the Windows network port setup: one source says NOT select SNMP to avoid printer appearing to be offline when it is actually ready; a second source says YES select SNMP to allow Windows to query printer of ready status, etc.
Which is best? Or, what else can be wrong?
[Moderator edit to break up "wall of text".]
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