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Mick: |
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> On Friday, 26 April 2019 18:00:13 BST Dale wrote: |
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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, |
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I'd say that a postscript printer with ethernet and a lpr port would |
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amount to "plug 'n play" in the old days. |
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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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The easiest way to know what to expect from the printers network |
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connectivity is to look at the spec. page: |
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https://www.lexmark.com/en_us/printer/12473/Lexmark-C2325dw#specs |
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It looks like many (most?) lasers today can use postscript, |
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lpr and port 9100. So the most basic form of printing would be |
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nc host 9100 < postscript_file |
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Regards, |
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/Karl Hammar |