Cups help?

[Ted Ozolins]

Kevin O'Gorman wrote:

>I've got two systems running CUPS and I'm having trouble getting
>them to share a printer.
>
>Print server:
>  RH7.3, printer is on parallel:/dev/lp0, called HPLJ4M, configured
>     as HP LaserJet 4M, Foomatic + Postscript  (because that's what
>     it is).  It works fine.
>  CUPS: RedHat RPM, v 1.1.14
>  NICs:
>     eth0) DSL connection
>     eth1) internal LAN, 192.168.x.146
>  I think I have CUPS listening on both NICs, port 631 (ipp, right?).
>     The CUPS log files confirm this.
>
>Print client:
>  COL 3.1.1 WS.  I have tried configuring in several ways, most
>     recently as ipp://192.168.x.146:631/ipp/HPLJ4M, and notice that
>     this URI is changed by replacing "ipp:" with "http:" in the
>     admin display, although my input is the default the next time
>     through 'modify'.  It is reported as busy...
>  CUPS: Caldera RPM, v 1.1.10-3
>  NICS:
>     eth0) internal LAN, 192.168.x.150
>
>Problem: I cannot find a configuration on the client that seems to
>connect to the server.  I see nothing in the logs about attempts,
>but I may not know where to look.
>
>The client usually reports "Printer is busy; will retry in 10
>seconds".  The printer is idle, and I see no print jobs on the
>server.
>
>Anybody with a clue?
>
>++ kevin
>
>  
>
I run Slackware 8.1 on all my machines here. Setting up printing on the 
"server" was neet and simple, but setting up the client gave me  all 
sorts of problems I hadn't encountered on previous setups.  Finally I 
decided to give Webmin a shot and setup printing on the client machines 
. In the printer que (in your case) use HPLJ4M and your ip (192.168.X.X) 
of the server and of course a name for the printer. Give that a try and 
see what that does for you.

-- 
Ted Ozolins (VE7TVO)
Westbank, B. C.

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