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From: brettholcomb@×××××××××.net
To: gentoo-user@l.g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] Re: Re: Home Network Printing
Date: Wed, 30 Nov 2005 20:16:13
Message-Id: 20051130200827.WUFX4459.ibm60aec.bellsouth.net@mail.bellsouth.net
1 Are you running cups?
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3 >
4 > From: Mick <michaelkintzios@××××××××.uk>
5 > Date: 2005/11/30 Wed PM 02:31:16 EST
6 > To: gentoo-user@l.g.o
7 > Subject: [gentoo-user] Re: Re: Home Network Printing
8 >
9 > Guys, this is ridiculous! Every time I want to print something from my main
10 > Linux machine I have to physically disconnect the printer from the second
11 > box and connect it to this one. The way this is going I will soon need to
12 > buy another parallel port connector because the pins will wear out!
13 >
14 > Surely, it can't be that difficult. I mean, it obviously is for me, but a
15 > lot of people have cracked it. It should be straight forward printing from
16 > one Linux box to the other. Please ask if you need more info from config
17 > files etc.
18 >
19 > In hope that some advice will soon arrive ;-)
20 >
21 > Cheers,
22 >
23 > Michael Kintzios wrote:
24 >
25 > >
26 > >> From:: Oliver Friedrich <beowulfwork@×××.de>
27 > >> To: gentoo-user@l.g.o
28 > >> Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] Home Network Printing
29 > >> Date: Fri, 25 Nov 2005 11:58:27 +0100
30 > >
31 > >> Michael Kintzios wrote:
32 > >>
33 > >> > I created a new printer on hostname1 and also named it Compaq-HP. I
34 > >> > set the ipp address to ipp://hostname2.STUDY/ipp but I kept
35 > >> > getting errors telling me it can't resolve the address.
36 > >>
37 > >> AFAIR the IPP-Adress has to be: "ipp://[Host]/[PrinterName]"
38 > >> in your case this would mean: "ipp://hostname2.STUDY/Compaq-HP"
39 > >
40 > > I'm afraid I had no success. I tried using the address as you suggested
41 > > above but it says unknown host . . . perhaps I should add it in my
42 > > hostname file, but my netgear router which acts as the nameserver should
43 > > know where to go?
44 > >
45 > > In any case, when I changed it to the IP address of hostname2 box
46 > > (192.168.0.3) I got this: ====================================
47 > > I [25/Nov/2005:20:23:13 +0000] [Job 56] Connecting to 192.168.0.3 on port
48 > > 631... I [25/Nov/2005:20:23:13 +0000] [Job 56] Connected to 192.168.0.3...
49 > > D [25/Nov/2005:20:23:13 +0000] [Job 56] Getting supported attributes...
50 > > E [25/Nov/2005:20:23:13 +0000] [Job 56] Destination printer does not
51 > > exist! E [25/Nov/2005:20:23:14 +0000] PID 13299 stopped with status 1!
52 > > ====================================
53 > >
54 > > Anything else I should try?
55 >
56 > --
57 > Regards,
58 > Mick
59 >
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63 >
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Re: [gentoo-user] Re: Re: Home Network Printing Richard Fish <bigfish@××××××××××.org>