Unable to print from windozXP to FC4 cups printer

Tom Broadhurst tombro at usa.net
Tue Jul 5 22:33:03 UTC 2005


> -----Original Message-----
> From: fedora-list-bounces at redhat.com 
> [mailto:fedora-list-bounces at redhat.com] On Behalf Of Tim Waugh
> Sent: Tuesday, July 05, 2005 6:20 PM
> To: For users of Fedora Core releases
> Subject: Re: Unable to print from windozXP to FC4 cups printer
> 
> 
> On Tue, Jul 05, 2005 at 03:55:21PM -0400, Tom Broadhurst wrote:
> 
> > Folks -
> > I've always been able to print pre FC4.
> > I was so impressed with FC4 performance, that I think I got 
> carried away
> > with my samba/cups configurations. Saddly, I didn't save 
> the old conf's
> > to fall back on.
> > When I set-up the printer on windoz, it seems to go OK, but 
> the printer
> > status is "Access denied, unable to connect".
> > Attempting to print a test page yields a fatal Windows 
> Explorer error.
> > The printer is an HP LaserJet 4P that has worked flawlessly 
> for 6 years,
> > and still works flawlessly on the linux FC4 box.
> 
> As a quick test, you could try 'service iptables stop' to disable the
> iptables rules -- if printing works then, you'll need to configure
> your firewall rules so that the right ports are open.
> 
> Tim.
> */
>
Tim,
I don't use a firewall on FC4. My router takes care of that.






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