[ale] printing to a cups printer?
Robert L. Harris
Robert.L.Harris at rdlg.net
Fri Apr 18 20:11:32 EDT 2003
Ok, I can print from my linux to my linux finally. Apparantly the
browseaddress and browsing is not set up right by default. As soon as I
nailed that down it magically appeared on my desktop. I booted into
windows on my desktop opened the network and popped over to my wife's
machine, I can read my home directory (for the user I'm logged in as)
just fine, I can see the printer and was able to add it. When I try
to print a test page I get an error:
"Test page failed to print. Would you like to view the print trouble
shooter for assistance? "unable to create a print job."
Nothing in the logs for the cups server... Any thoughts?
Robert
Thus spake Dow Hurst (dhurst at kennesaw.edu):
> Robert,
> Here is the cups.conf setting that is uncommented for local LAN
> connections on the print server, sword.
>
> # Access permissions for each directory served by the scheduler.
> # Locations are relative to DocumentRoot...
> <Location />
> Order Deny,Allow
> Deny From All
> Allow From 127.0.0.1
> Allow From 127.0.0.2
> Allow From @LOCAL
> </Location>
>
>
> Here is my printers.conf file:
> sword:~ # cat /etc/cups/printers.conf
> # Printer configuration file for CUPS v1.1.15
> # Written by cupsd on Sun Apr 6 20:30:12 2003
> <DefaultPrinter lp>
> DeviceURI ptal:/mlc:usb:officejet_d_series
> State Idle
> Accepting Yes
> JobSheets none none
> QuotaPeriod 0
> PageLimit 0
> KLimit 0
> </Printer>
>
>
> Here are the settings on the client, scout, cups.conf file:
> BrowseAddress 192.168.100.255
>
>
> Scout has an older CUPs version and I don't believe it really needed the
> BrowseAddress line. What is important is that the server allows the
> client access to the print queues.
>
> The ptal software is HP's USB driver for talking to the USB devices thru
> the USB subsystem. I think it lays on top of the kernel USB drivers but
> I don't know that.
> Dow
>
>
> Robert L. Harris wrote:
>
> > I don't have a ptal?init or ptal*... I compiled my USB into my kernel
> >so there's no modules to be loaded. Perchance your system has modules
> >and the're not loaded in time for initialization?
> >
> >
> >Thus spake Dow Hurst (dhurst at kennesaw.edu):
> >
> >
> >
> >>I really don't know if there is any difference between ipp and http!
> >>Haven't read that far in the CUPs docs. About the USB, I was wondering
> >>if upon reboot of spirit if it configures and starts up the printer
> >>properly. Since I am having trouble with this working properly, I am
> >>curious if your works right. Specifically, I believe that the ptal
> >>startup script isn't finding and configuring the USB connection. So
> >>CUPS doesn't think the printer is connected once it starts up. I've had
> >>to run "ptal-init setup" by hand upon reboot and then once the device is
> >>found and configured (I don't change any values, just accept what was
> >>already configured), I restart CUPs and "enable" the printer.
> >>Dow
> >>
> >>
> >>Robert L. Harris wrote:
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >>>What protocol do you think is best? ipp?
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>Earlier you asked a question on my HP's USB config?
> >>>
> >>>Thus spake Dow Hurst (dhurst at kennesaw.edu):
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>>Put in http://spirit.rdlg.net/printers/HP-DJ882c
> >>>>
> >>>>if you get a denied type message then you are not allowed access on
> >>>>spirit. CUPs operates like Apache so in your cupsd.conf near the end
> >>>>of the file is the section for security of the queues. Add an Allow
> >>>>From vampire.rdlg.net line just as you would allow access to a
> >>>>directory or website in the httpd.conf file. That should clear things
> >>>>up.
> >>>>
> >>>>I'll post you this evening my cupsd.conf file for you that sets up the
> >>>>two machines at home just like you want yours to be.
> >>>>Dow
> >>>>
> >>>>
> >>>>Robert L. Harris wrote:
> >>>>
> >>>>
> >>>>
> >>>>
> >>>>
> >>>>>Ok, I loaded "http://localhost:631" on my desktop. I click the
> >>>>>"printers" tab and hit Add printer.
> >>>>>
> >>>>>It prompts me for Name, Location, Description. I fill in "HP-DJ882c",
> >>>>>"Spirit" and "My HP" and hit ok. Next it asks for the "device". It
> >>>>>gives an option for USB, lpr/lpd, ipp printer, etc.
> >>>>>
> >>>>>If I put in anything other than USB (hardware connected printer types)
> >>>>>I
> >>>>>get something like this:
> >>>>>
> >>>>>
> >>>>>Device URI: <>
> >>>>>Examples:
> >>>>>
> >>>>>http://hostname:631/ipp/port1
> >>>>>http://hostname:631/printers/name
> >>>>>ipp://hostname/ipp/port1
> >>>>>ipp://hostname/printers/name
> >>>>>lpd://hostname/queue
> >>>>>socket://hostname
> >>>>>socket://hostname:9100
> >>>>>
> >>>>>
> >>>>>What would I put in on "vampire.rdlg.net" to have it use the printer
> >>>>>named "HP-DJ882c" connected to "spirit.rdlg.net". The HP printer is
> >>>>>connected via USB to spirit and working great.
> >>>>>
> >>>>>Robert
> >>>>>
> >>>>>
> >>>>>Thus spake Dow Hurst (dhurst at kennesaw.edu):
> >>>>>
> >>>>>
> >>>>>
> >>>>>
> >>>>>
> >>>>>
> >>>>>
> >>>>>>Okay, I mixed up who had the printer and who didn't, but you've
> >>>>>>already got things figured out. Just put CUPs on your machine and
> >>>>>>start the server. The default is that the server will poll the LAN
> >>>>>>on port 631 for any other servers. If it finds one then they
> >>>>>>negotiate and trade info. Your machine should pick up the printer as
> >>>>>>a possible queue automatically. If not then you can specifically add
> >>>>>>info about your wife's CUPs server into your machines cups.conf file.
> >>>>>>
> >>>>>>The samba stuff requires that you have the print system defined as
> >>>>>>CUPs not LPRNG in smb.conf and that you advertise the printer via
> >>>>>>Samba. You do have to have the Samba backend for CUPs installed.
> >>>>>>Dow
> >>>>>>
> >>>>>>
> >>>>>>Robert L. Harris wrote:
> >>>>>>
> >>>>>>
> >>>>>>
> >>>>>>
> >>>>>>
> >>>>>>
> >>>>>>
> >>>>>>>I have the cupsys and cupsys-client on my wife's machine and it's
> >>>>>>>printing great right now. I'm wondering about making her machine
> >>>>>>>share
> >>>>>>>out the printer to other cupsys enabled clients. Once I can print
> >>>>>>>from
> >>>>>>>my desktop to her machine I'll be figuring out printing from my
> >>>>>>>desktop
> >>>>>>>in windows mode to her cupsys one, probably going to have to load
> >>>>>>>samba.
> >>>>>>>
> >>>>>>>Thus spake James Sumners (james at sumners.ath.cx):
> >>>>>>>
> >>>>>>>
> >>>>>>>
> >>>>>>>
> >>>>>>>
> >>>>>>>
> >>>>>>>
> >>>>>>>
> >>>>>>>
> >>>>>>>>You probably want 'cupsys' and 'cupsys-client'. Those are the two
> >>>>>>>>basic Debian
> >>>>>>>>packages you need to get cups running on a Debian box. You may also
> >>>>>>>>want to
> >>>>>>>>consider installing 'cupsomatic-ppd'.
> >>>>>>>>
> >>>>>>>>To share my printer I just use samba.
> >>>>>>>>
> >>>>>>>>On Mon, 14 Apr 2003 10:29:38 -0400
> >>>>>>>>"Robert L. Harris" <Robert.L.Harris at rdlg.net> wrote:
> >>>>>>>>
> >>>>>>>>
> >>>>>>>>
> >>>>>>>>
> >>>>>>>>
> >>>>>>>>
> >>>>>>>>
> >>>>>>>>
> >>>>>>>>
> >>>>>>>>>I don't see a debian cupsys-server package. Any idea what the
> >>>>>>>>>binary
> >>>>>>>>>name might be? With a filename that's in the server only I can
> >>>>>>>>>find
> >>>>>>>>>what provides it.
> >>>>>>>>>
> >>>>>>>>>
> >>>>>>>>>
> >>>>>>>>>
> >>>>>>>>>
> >>>>>>>>>
> >>>>>>>>>
> >>>>>>>>>
> >>>>>>>>>
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> >>>>>
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> >>>
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> >>>IPv4 = robert at mail.rdlg.net http://www.rdlg.net
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> >>Dow Hurst Office: 770-499-3428
> >>Systems Support Specialist Fax: 770-423-6744
> >>1000 Chastain Rd. Bldg. 12
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> >IPv4 = robert at mail.rdlg.net http://www.rdlg.net
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DISCLAIMER:
These are MY OPINIONS ALONE. I speak for no-one else.
Diagnosis: witzelsucht
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