[clue-tech] Setting up Network printer in CUPS?

[dennisjperkins at comcast.net]

I think I have one of these.  I had some problems setting it up.  The documentation wasn't very good.

I have a meeting tonight but if I have time afterwards, I'll take a look at it.

 -------------- Original message ----------------------
From: "Roy J. Tellason" <rtellason at verizon.net>
> On Tuesday 05 February 2008 17:07, Adrian F. Nagle, IV wrote:
> > I'm trying to setup an HP-LaserJet6P/MP laser printer on a Linux
> > (Debian)/Samba server.  I have my Linux server all running now but I
> > can't get my HP printer (hooked up to a Hawking HPS1P parallel-port
> > print server) to work with CUPS.
> 
> What's that Hawking thingy supposed to do,  exactly?
> 
> > In CUPS, I tried to add the LaserJet through the web interface and
> > print a test page.  I tried a number combinations of IPP or HTTP, but
> > no test page would print out, until 30mintues/1hour later I find two
> > copies of the CUPS test page.
> 
> Did CUPS actually see the printer?
> 
> > I've followed this tidbit I found:
> > http://www.hawkingtech.com/newsdetails.php?NewsID=20
> >
> > I'm stuck at how to diagnose this issue.  One complication is that I
> > tried to print directly from windows recently using IPP, but the print
> > server appears to crash (I can't check it through HTTP).  Hawking just
> > suggested adding an LPD.
> >
> > Does anyone have experience with a parallel port print server?
> >
> > I need to have this set up in Samba as well.  I'm not sure yet what I
> > need to to do have my users see the printer.
> 
> For what it's worth,  I acquired an LJ5 fairly recently.  Plugged it into my 
> server and set it up in CUPS.  Then started fiddling around some.  I can 
> print from this laptop,  or from the workstation that's out in the other 
> room,  no problem.  The key there is that CUPS needs to be running on each 
> machine,  and that it needs to be set up so that it's pointing at the printer 
> connected to the server.  Some fairly trivial twiddling under KDE,  Control 
> Center -> peripherals -> print manager -> configure I think pretty well 
> covers most of it.
> 
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