Re: [gentoo-desktop] Network access to a CUPS printer

[Jim Ramsay]

Lindsay Haisley <fmouse-gentoo@×××.com> wrote:
>       * "ipp://hostname/printers/printername" which in my case would
> be "ipp://vishnu.fmp.com/printers/hpdj_1120c (or I can substitute
>         the LAN IP address for the hostname)
>
>       * "http://hostname:631/ipp/queue" which appears to translate to
>         "http://vishnu.fmp.com:631/ipp/queue" with no specification
> for the printer in the URI.  Since the hpdj_1120c doesn't have a
>         queue specified in cups, I assume this URI should be used
>         literally.

I've done this with great success.  On my Linux box, for example, I
have a printer called "Engineering", and I use the following URI
in my WinXP box (running inside a VM):

http://10.8.50.71:631/printers/Engineering

Notice how it's a clever combination of the two URI's you mentioned
above.  I don't remember where I saw this, but it was on some CUPS page
I found via google in the past... Perhaps here[1]...

It should connect and let you pick the driver.  I personally found it
useful to choose Generic / MS Publisher Imagesetter.  If you actually
want to use the real HP client-side driver, the same article[1]
mentions how to enable raw printing on the cups server, but I've never
done that.

[1] http://www.owlfish.com/thoughts/winipp-cups-2003-07-20.html

Enjoy!

-- 
Jim Ramsay
Gentoo Developer (rox/fluxbox/gkrellm)