On (19/11/04 14:29), Noah Durell wrote: > Hello, > I seem to be getting this error when I try to add a network printer to > my printer list in KDE: > > Unable to retrieve the printer list. Error message received from manager: > Connection to CUPS server failed. Check that the CUPS server is > correctly installed and running. Error: the IPP request failed for an > unknown reason. > > This is actually a new error for me. But before when the server was > working I tried to add a printer and it would work for printing test > pages but not for printing in other programs. I am pretty sure that the > CUPS is installed and running because I can see it running in top. Any > help with this would be most appreciated. Hi Noah
FWIW I could never get IPP printing to work and resorted to setting up network printers via Samba (smb) protocol. The device URI is: smb://<domain>/<server>/<printer_name> The network printer needs to be made available via smb.conf Hava a look at: http://www.cups.org/sam.html HTH Clive -- www.clivemenzies.co.uk ... ...strategies for business -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
