On Wed, Jul 27, 2016 at 1:28 AM, fred roller <fredrolle...@gmail.com> wrote:

>
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> On Tue, Jul 26, 2016 at 3:23 PM, Rick Stevens <ri...@alldigital.com>
> wrote:
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>> On 07/26/2016 07:54 AM, Manish Kathuria wrote:
>> >
>> >
>> > On Tue, Jul 26, 2016 at 8:11 PM, Tom Horsley <horsley1...@gmail.com
>> > <mailto:horsley1...@gmail.com>> wrote:
>> >
>> >     On Tue, 26 Jul 2016 19:55:41 +0530
>> >     Manish Kathuria wrote:
>> >
>> >     > Has anyone tried a similar thing or can give any suggestions ?
>> >
>> >     If the dlink box is running some variation of cups, then
>> >     you might try connecting to 172.16.100.1:631
>> >     <http://172.16.100.1:631> with a web
>> >     server to see if the admin interface has any useful info.
>> >
>> >     Usually for network printers I have to use a ipp: url
>> >     to print. Something like ipp://10.134.60.18/ipp
>> >     <http://10.134.60.18/ipp>
>> >     --
>> >
>> >
>> > The D-Link box is running a program called ippd and while they suggest
>> > specifying http://172.16.100.1:631/printers/HP as the printer,
>> accessing
>> > http://172.16.100.1/ or http://172.16.100.1:631/printers through a
>> > browser does not show anything.
>> >
>> > I did try using ipp://172.16.100.1/ipp <http://172.16.100.1/ipp> as the
>> > printer URI but it did not work.
>>
>> Try browsing http://172.16.100.1:631
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>
 That shows a blank page.

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> May seem off here, but have you tried HPLIP.  HP, in my experience, has
> been good about working with Linux; especially with there Linux driver
> HPLIP (HP Linux Imaging and Printing).  If the router is successfully
> creating something to be discovered via the network then HPLIP should pick
> it up fairly easy. If interested check out the Fedora Wiki on the subject
> at:
>
> https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Printing/HPLIP
>
> Once installed usually can add through normal add printer , add network
> printer scenario, but read documentation just to be sure for your own case.
> Hope this helps.
>
>
> I had tried using HPLIP also but that does not detect it as a network or
> wireless printer. For configuring the wireless printer using HPLIP one
> needs to connect the printer through USB once so that it is identified and
> when I tried that option, it did not recognize it as a known wireless
> printer. So I think it works only for the known HP Wireless / Network
> Printers.
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