Sorry, bad advice. From reading other posts I see this is a local printer on a usb port of the client. Forget my nonsense :-)
Jim On Mon, 29 Oct 2007 12:56:36 -0500, Jim Kronebusch wrote > > Now when I try to print a test page from CUPS it says that it has > > completed the print job. But nothing has printed. The printer is > > plugged in and the ip address / mac addresses are right. > > Update: Now I am getting the same network host is busy message. > > > > Here is my lts.conf file. > > > > [default] > > SOUND=True > > LOCALDEV=True > > NBD_SWAP=True > > SYSLOG=server > > [00:50:8b:49:72:dc] > > #[ws043] > > SOUND=True > > LOCALDEV=True > > NBD_SWAP=True > > SYSLOG=server > > PRINTER_0_DEVICE=U > > PRINTER_0_TYPE=/dev/usblp0 > > I guess I don't understand why you have had to assign this in lts.conf. > Doesn't your lts.conf setup indicate that the printer is connected to > terminal > ws043 via a local usb port? From the description of your printer you are > trying to print over the network via IP address. I would think this would > mean that as long as your server has the networked printer installed and set > as default, you would not need any configuration in lts.conf for the printer. > > All our printers here are setup to print via IP address. I simply open > System->Administration->Printing->New Printer->Check local or Detected > Printer- > >Then under the radio button for "Use a detected Printer" all of my IP based > printers just show up and I select them for the list. As long as the new > printer is set for default, then it will automatically be the default for all > my clients. I have however assigned permanent IP's to all my clients, and > then set up scripts to set default printers on login. So all machines in > certain labs automatically default to the printer located in that lab. > > Can you print to the printer from the server? I would troubleshoot there, > once that works then move to a client. > > Jim > > -- > This message has been scanned for viruses and > dangerous content by the Cotter Technology > Department, and is believed to be clean. > > -- > edubuntu-users mailing list > [email protected] > Modify settings or unsubscribe at: > https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/edubuntu-users > > -- > This message has been scanned for viruses and > dangerous content by the Cotter Technology > Department, and is believed to be clean. Jim Kronebusch Cotter Tech Department 453-5188 -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by the Cotter Technology Department, and is believed to be clean. -- edubuntu-users mailing list [email protected] Modify settings or unsubscribe at: https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/edubuntu-users
