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Iain Buchanan <iaindb <at> netspace.net.au> writes: |
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> I'm playing around with a new printer at work (Xerox Document Center |
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> C360). It's a bit of a monster, but it does have some good features. |
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> Anyway, I'm wondering what protocol I should use to talk to it? I did a |
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> port scan and found these ports open: |
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> 80 http |
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> 111 sunrpc |
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> 139 netbios-ssn |
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> 515 printer |
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> 631 ipp |
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> 1025 ? |
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> 1605 ? |
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Hello Iain, |
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ipp (631) gets my vote. You can use cups with ipp and here's some docs, |
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should you not be successful via the cups gui interfaces |
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[1,2] |
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Here's a simple example I use to get printing up on new systems: |
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(/etc/cups/printers.conf) |
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<DefaultPrinter LaserJet> |
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Info LaserJet |
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DeviceURI socket://192.168.2.3 |
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State Idle |
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Accepting Yes |
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JobSheets none none |
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QuotaPeriod 0 |
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PageLimit 0 |
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KLimit 0 |
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</Printer> |
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The gui in cups then picks up the config and you can |
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use the gui to manage the printer hereafter. The gui |
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via cups is not fully robust, in my experience. YMMV. |
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More elaborate configs are often warranted. This simple config |
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gets the ethernet on a HP laserjet working, very quickly. |
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After it initially prints, I usually comb the net for |
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support of the advanced features you want/need. |
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> I've so far tried printing via a samba share on our server, which seems |
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> to work; and direct using ipp, which worked. |
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> My question is really what's the difference? Are some features |
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> supported better on some protocols? Are some faster / less resource |
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> intensive? |
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Dunno if anyone has benchmarked these choices.... |
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> I'm using cups and gimp-print to get the driver for it. |
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> I'd appreciate any info. Thanks! |
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Here are a few more resources to ponder: |
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[1] http://www.gentoo.org/doc/en/printing-howto.xml#cups |
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[2] http://localhost:631/sam.html |
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[3] http://docs.kde.org/stable/en/kdebase/kdeprint/cups-ipp-support.html |
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[4] http://linuxprinting.org/printer_list.cgi |
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[5] http://www.owlfish.com/thoughts/winipp-cups-2003-07-20.html |
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[6] http://www.cups.org/windows/ |
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hth, |
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James |
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