On Wed, Jul 27, 2016 at 9:00 AM, Tim <ignored_mail...@yahoo.com.au> wrote:
> Allegedly, on or about 26 July 2016, Manish Kathuria sent: > > The D-Link documentation suggests specifying > > http://172.16.100.1:631/printers/HP as the Printer URI. This > > configuration works very well over the network while using a Windows > > system but it does not print at all from the Fedora machine even after > > trying various permutations and combinations. > > I'm going to ask the obvious question: Is your Linux computer in the > same subnet as the printer? (i.e. 172.16..) > > Yes > Is that the IP of the printer? > > > For what it's worth, even if it is, browsing to that IP may not do you > any good. They may simply have the printer listening, without providing > any interface. That's what my HP LaserJet 4M does (it's there on the > network, listening and printing, but doesn't provide any kind of > interface to the outside world). > Exactly. It does not let me browse. > > Is that the IP of the router? > The printer's IP is the same as the wireless router (i.e. 172.16.100.1 and the Linux system is 172.16.100.x) > > In that case, I'd expect that the router is acting as an internet > printing server, and ought to have some kind of interface. But you may > have more luck going to the root of the server (instead of directly to > the printer address), <http://172.16.100.1:631/>, to see if that gives > you an interface. > > Tried that also, and it did not show anything on the browser. The process list on the DLink Router shows a program named ippd running which provides the interface to the printer. > Other things to consider: > > How is the Windows box printing to the printer? Is it pre-rendering, or > is it sending generic printing data to the server, and the server > rendering for the specific printer. You may have to do the same thing. > It is a ZjStream printer (also termed as a GDI / host based printer by many) where the rendering takes place on the Windows PC. On Linux, the printing is made possible using the foo2zjs driver or the HPLIP. I have tried using those drivers while configuring it as a network printer but it does not work. Whenever the printer is connected to the USB port on the Linux system and switched on a firmware file is pushed to it. I think that's not happening when its connected to the print server. > > On Linux, a computer can send PostScript or PDF to a printer server, and > have it talk to the printer in its own language. Or, you can pre-render > on the computer, and send that directly to the printer. In the past, > I'd found that CUPs could automatically handle both types, but other > people say that you had to set up specific printer queues for each. > > -- > [tim@localhost ~]$ uname -rsvp > Linux 3.9.10-100.fc17.x86_64 #1 SMP Sun Jul 14 01:31:27 UTC 2013 x86_64 > > Boilerplate: All mail to my mailbox is automatically deleted, there is > no point trying to privately email me, I only get to see the messages > posted to the mailing list. > > If you don't understand how e-mail threading works, then follow the > instructions given by those who do, and don't argue with them. > >
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