CUPS nightmare
Bill Johnson
Bill at JohnsonAcres.com
Tue Oct 28 02:25:23 UTC 2003
Shawn,
Thanks for this info. It did partially resolve my problem. At least,
after I did this, I could see the queue(s) from the laptop. I still can't
print to them, as I've detailed in some other posts, but you got me
closer.
Thanks!
Bill
On Sat, 25 Oct 2003, Shawn Houston wrote:
> Reading from my rh9 pro manual you need to select the printer in the
> printer config panel, and then select action->sharing in order to share
> the printer on the network.
>
> I assume this is the same in fc1.
>
> By default the rh install of cups is localhost only.
>
> -Shawn
>
> On Sat, 2003-10-25 at 07:29, Bill Johnson wrote:
> > I have a home network configured as follows:
> >
> > Server - running Fedora Core .95 beta.
> > Laptop - running Redhat 8.0
> > Connected via Netgear RP114(?) web safe router
> > Printer is HP841C connected to Server via usb
> >
> > Printing from laptop worked fine under previous config (Redhat 7.3 was on
> > previously on server, and printing was via lpd), but I cannot get printing
> > to work from laptop now.
> >
> > Cups is installed on server and printer works fine when printing from
> > server.
> >
> > Printer has been configured on laptop every possible way, but will not
> > print. Have read google posts, howtos, and cups docs for 2 days, but
> > nothing works.
> >
> > nmap shows port 631 on server, but DOES NOT show it on laptop. Firewalls
> > are completely off on both laptop and server.
> >
> > Question 1 - Are there issues with doing this in fedora? Am I hitting
> > some known problem with the beta?
> >
> > Question 2 - Can I just abandon CUPS and use the old lpd? It worked
> > perfectly for me, and was not difficult to configure. I can't seem to
> > find it on the new distro. Is it not provided with fedora?
> >
> > Question 3 - Is the NETGEAR router a possible problem? Could it be
> > blocking visibility to port 631? Any suggestions about that if so?
> >
> > Question 4 - Is there anybody on this list who has managed to get a
> > similar printing scenario up and running?
> >
> > Thanks in advance for the help. Getting a printer to work should not be
> > this difficult. I must be doing something terribly wrong, but can't
> > figure it out. Obviously, if I can't print with fedora, I can't use
> > fedora, so I must resolve this.
> >
> > Regards,
> > Bill Johnson
> >
> >
> >
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