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On Saturday, 27 April 2019 17:28:05 BST Dale wrote: |
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> Mick wrote: |
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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 |
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> > 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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The web interface for the printer should provide some control panel GUI to |
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administer it from, using your browser. It should show usage stats, how much |
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toner is left, etc. It should also (hopefully) have a menu to set up admin |
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passwd on. This is not an interface for you to print with. |
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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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ipp is of course a proper way to print, since the printer is offering this |
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protocol. It may offer additional protocols/ports to print with, but you |
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found what works anyway. I sometimes use nmap to find open ports/services/ |
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protocols a printer uses, but each will require a different URI syntax in |
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CUPS. |
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> > Regarding your modem, unless it is NAT-ing fully, like a router would, it |
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> > will expose your router to the Internet. In any case, your router will |
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> > isolate WAN-LAN from probing eyes with its NAT - so you should be safe |
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> > 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. |
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It probably works on a half-bridge mode. |
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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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> :-) :-) |
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Sadly mine doesn't, but it weighs less. ;-) |
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Regards, |
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Mick |
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