[NTLUG:Discuss] cups question
Chris Cox
cjcox at acm.org
Thu Jul 1 23:42:36 CDT 2004
m m wrote:
> Hi All:
>
> I tried to share a print for many computers. I tried to configure the
> cups that comes with RH 9.0 installation. I use web interface to set it
> up it as:
>
> epson stylus c80
> use ipp://hostname/ipp/
> cups epson stylus color drive 1.1
Where does the printer reside? You've specified the printer as
being remote via IPP at the host called "hostname". However, if
this is a Windows IPP shared printer, I believe by default it will
use port 80 (ick) for IPP. But I think you usually have to download
something to enable IPP on Windows anyway.
>
> when i tried to test it, i got "the connection was refused when
> attempting to contact hostname:631"
>
> I then change connection device as parallel port, http.... connection
> method.
> all get the same problem.
Ok.. so the printer is local(??). Is it attached parallel or USB?? I have
a C80 and both work. My Linux box attaches USB and my wife's Linux box
attaches via parallel.
So.. if this is a local printer, set it up attaching parallel.
Will end up with something like parallel:/dev/lp0 or somesuch.
If USB... it depends... on SUSE 9.0... it ends up looking like
usb://EPSON/Stylus%20C80. I'd recommend going parallel since
USB varies greatly from Linux to Linux.
>
> it all happened on same box. (remote box, of course, never see the
> printer so far)
>
> I have /ect/hosts have the first lin like:
> 127.0.0.1 hosename.mydomain.com localhost.localdomain localhost
>
> any ideas?
>
> thanks in advance.
Set the printer up parallel via the CUPS browser interface
at http://localhost:631. And then you might want to
post us your printers.conf file from the /etc/cups
directory (just to make sure).
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