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Mick wrote: |
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> On Friday, 26 April 2019 18:00:13 BST Dale wrote: |
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>> Grant Edwards wrote: |
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>>> On 2019-04-22, Dale <rdalek1967@×××××.com> wrote: |
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>>>> On the question of ethernet. [...] Do I plug the printer into the |
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>>>> router or do I have to connect it to the puter itself? I think I |
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>>>> read somewhere ages ago, on this list most likely, that you plug it |
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>>>> into the router. |
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>>> Yes, that's how it's usually done. |
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>>>> That way all puters hooked to the router can access it. |
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>>> Exactly. |
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>> Picking last reply. I got the printer, removed all the shipping stuff, |
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>> did the normal setup and got a test page printed from CUPS, in color. |
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>> I'm taking this from the CUPS printer page that shows the connection. |
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>> It printed from Kwrite and shows as ready for other programs as well. I |
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>> would like someone to confirm that this is the best way to have this set |
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>> up. I googled and can't find a howto for this. Most everything I found |
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>> referenced .rpm and .deb stuff. |
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> Printers are plug 'n play these days. There is no manual configuration |
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> needed, unless your PCs and/or router configurations do not use zeroconf/mDNS. |
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Well, I could access it thorough its web interface but it wouldn't |
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print. It would say it couldn't find it or something. After I set up |
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cups as shown below, it printed. The biggest thing I did different was |
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to put in the IP instead of letting it auto-detect the printer. In the |
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past, my old HP printers tended to be auto-detected pretty well. I |
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would just click continue and when done, out came the test page. This |
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one took a little extra to get it printing. |
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I've printed several recipes so far and it is printing fine so I guess |
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this is *a* proper way to have it set up. |
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>> Lexmark_C2325dw (Idle, Accepting Jobs, Not Shared) |
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>> Description: Lexmark International Lexmark C2325dw |
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>> Location: Local Printer |
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>> Driver: Lexmark C2300 Series (color, 2-sided printing) |
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>> Connection: ipp://192.168.2.6 |
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>> Defaults: job-sheets=none, none media=na_letter_8.5x11in |
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>> sides=two-sided-long-edge |
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>> The only way I could find to print is using the ipp thingy, at least it |
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>> was the first way I could print successfully. Still, is this the proper |
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>> way? |
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> The printer manual should state what protocols it able to communicate over. |
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> Failing this, try to login using its web GUI (usually on port 80) with a |
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> browser. There will be some network configuration page where information may |
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> be provided on what protocols/ports are available. |
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Found that but didn't help me any. I tried that after I tried pinging |
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it and it worked but still wouldn't print. CUPS wanted to be a bit |
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stubborn about it. lol |
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>> P. S. Is there anything special I should do to make sure no one can |
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>> access my printer over the internet and do something bad? Does the DSL |
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>> modem and router protect that by default? |
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> When you access the printer over its web GUI set up a password - it should |
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> probably ask you for it. In addition, switch off any services you do not use, |
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> assuming it offers you such a choice, e.g. SNMP. Finally, disable the WiFi on |
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> the printer, if it offers this option. |
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> Regarding your modem, unless it is NAT-ing fully, like a router would, it will |
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> expose your router to the Internet. In any case, your router will isolate |
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> WAN-LAN from probing eyes with its NAT - so you should be safe enough. |
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If I recall correctly, my modem is sort of like a router even tho it |
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only has one connection. I read that somewhere. During printer setup |
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on the little display, I told it no wi-fi. One of these days, I may |
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start using that router that has wireless. I did plug it in the other |
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day and it works. I found it at a thrift store for $2.98 I think. It |
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still had the sticker on it. lol I did go turn it off tho. I guess it |
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just didn't look for a wi-fi-connection but turned it on anyway. |
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One thing that surprised me. I was printing a multi-page recipe and the |
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first page came out, then it pulled it back in and I was like, what? |
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Then it came out again, printed on both sides. When I realized it was |
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printing both sides, which will save a lot of paper and space in my |
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binder, I was in love. I never could get a ink jet printer to do that |
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correctly. ;-) |
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Dale |
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:-) :-) |