On Tue, 14 Mar, Pabla,Balbir Ontario wrote: > I have a HP laserjet 8000 DN printer attached to network directly with > ip address say 142.xx.xxx.yyy. > I want to send print jobs from Debian 3.1 system running 2.4 smp kernel. > I tried from gnome window : system tools; printer; add printer > information manually, it asks for printer information, I am not sure , > what should I type in my case? > > I tried : 142.xx.xxx.yyy , it did not complain, but at the same time it > s not printing even test page. > Any help on configuring network printer, troubleshooting tips from > system admin and user point of view etc...? > Balbir,
I had the same sort of trouble installing printers recently in the same environment as yours. In the end I completely removed the CUPS package (i.e. purge which removes config scripts as well). I then re-installed CUPS and any printer specific packages (there are two that relate to HP inkjets that seemed to be recommended, for instance) and did /etc/init.d/cupsys restart as root. The next stage was to actually install the printers. In my notes I've got the following: "WARNING! Do NOT use Desktop -> Administration -> Printers". As far as I can work out it's horribly broken even though it reports itself as doing all the right things. Instead I fire up a browser and go to http://localhost:631/ Add to Hotlist where I choose 'Add Printer', and choose 'http' as the Internet Printing Protocol and for the 'Device URI:' I put in 'socket://142.xx.xxx.yy:9100'. I hope this is of some use. Nigel -- Nigel Pauli Network Manager St. John's School, Northwood -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
