[ale] windows printers

[James Sumners]

First, set your Debian box up with a static IP. If you are going to
share devices from it then there is no reason it should have a dynamic
IP.

Second, go to the Control Panel > Printers. Right click the printer
and choose "Properties". Edit the IP address in the "Location" field
on the "General". Next, go to the "Ports" tab and "Configure..." the
port. Change the IP address. Done.

On Thu, May 14, 2009 at 6:32 AM, Paul Cartwright <ale at pcartwright.com> wrote:
> I know this isn't supposed to be that hard, but everytime I try this, it is
> really, REALLY aggravating..
> my IP address on my Debian box changed, from 192.168.10.2 to 192.168.10.103
>
> my wife has a M$ Vista laptop (cough) and I shared my Epson R380 printer for
> her.
> her printer on the vista box is
> http://192.168.10.2:631/printers/Gutenprint_USB_Printer_1
>
> I can't seem to modify that, and it is all smoke & mirrors and I forget the
> sequence I had to do, to get that box to recognize that printer..
>
> on Debian, lpstat says:
> paulandcilla:/etc# lpstat -t
> scheduler is running
> system default destination: Gutenprint_USB_Printer_1
> device for Gutenprint_USB_Printer_1: usb://EPSON/Stylus%20Photo%20R380
> Gutenprint_USB_Printer_1 accepting requests since Wed 29 Apr 2009 09:17:16 PM
> EDT
> printer Gutenprint_USB_Printer_1 is idle.  enabled since Wed 29 Apr 2009
> 09:17:16 PM EDT
>
> anyone know the magic sequence on Windows to add that printer??
> --
> Paul Cartwright


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