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CUPS + DI-704p Router + Print Server
So here's my story: I'm trying to share my printer (hpdeskjet 940c) which is connected to my router's print server (DI-704p) among all my machines (1 XP, 1 XP server, 1 Slackware, 1 debain, 1 Solaris, 1 XP laptop). Of course, D-link has provided print server drivers for Windows machines but Linux/Unix as usual are neglected.
I tried to use CUPS to make my Linux machines take advantage of shared printer. I've set my printer on Linux as following: /usr/sbin/lpadmin -p printername -E -v socket://192.168.0.1 -m deskjet.ppd Now, everytime I try to print a page I get the following message from http://localhost:631/ "Network host '192.168.0.1' is busy; will retry in 5/1/5/30 seconds..." but nothing happens. I have tried to set the network interface to: socket://192.168.0.1:515 As I have witnessed that the printer and LAN machine are exchanging packets through destination port (on the router) of 515 when I ran Ethereal. No luck! I switched the protocol to LDP (ldp://192.168.0.1(:515) but that kept shutting down the printer as soon as a job was submitted. For some reason I get this message, "One byte of data was received" and the printer needs to be restarted. The content of Ethereal shows the LDP protocol keeps failing by issuing incorrect message or something but TCP packet exchange goes ok (Ethereal was run under Windows machine by the way). So now I don't know what else I can do. Any ideas? |
oxblood
Can't take any credit for this because I found the information on the net Try this Queue Type - Networked Unix (LPD), Server - 192.168.0.1, and Queue - lp (that's lower-case L and P). Pete |
Hey Pete,
Thanks for your reply. Would you mind posting the link/url you found these information because I can't find a way to set the queue type/server... in CUPS. Thanks |
Hi oxblood
You are using Cups web interface at http://localhost:631 Just click the URL and it should open cups for you Add printer, log in as username root + your root password The rest should be obvious Will try and find the web page I found the information on but all I did was copy and paste Pete |
I don't know if this will be of much help, but I use CUPS with a Linksys wireless print server and it works well. I've got a step-by-step of how I set it up here
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Yes, but that's how I created my printer, via CUPS' webinterface. There is NO queue type as far as I know. For adding a printer I do the following:
- Name: something - location: <empty> - Description: my printer - Device: I either choose AppSocket/HP JetDirect or LPD/LPR Host or Printer - Device URI: Either socket://192.168.0.1(and w/ or w/o :515) or lpd://192.168.0.1 - Make and model as usual (supported ppd is available) Then the printer is created and I do not see any other configuration relating to queue type or all that, unless I'm missing something! I should add, I've the following devices available: $: /usr/sbin/lpinfo -v network socket network http network ipp network lpd direct canon:/dev/lp0 direct epson:/dev/lp0 direct parallel:/dev/lp0 direct scsi serial serial:/dev/ttyS0?baud=115200 serial serial:/dev/ttyS1?baud=115200 serial serial:/dev/ttyS2?baud=115200 serial serial:/dev/ttyS3?baud=115200 serial serial:/dev/ttyS4?baud=115200 serial serial:/dev/ttyS5?baud=115200 serial serial:/dev/ttyS6?baud=115200 serial serial:/dev/ttyS7?baud=115200 network smb direct usb:/dev/usb/lp0 direct usb:/dev/usb/lp1 direct usb:/dev/usb/lp2 direct usb:/dev/usb/lp3 direct usb:/dev/usb/lp4 direct usb:/dev/usb/lp5 direct usb:/dev/usb/lp6 direct usb:/dev/usb/lp7 direct usb:/dev/usb/lp8 direct usb:/dev/usb/lp9 direct usb:/dev/usb/lp10 direct usb:/dev/usb/lp11 direct usb:/dev/usb/lp12 direct usb:/dev/usb/lp13 direct usb:/dev/usb/lp14 direct usb:/dev/usb/lp15 |
Hangdog42,
Sorry, I missed your reply. Your article is through and thanks for the tips. Unfortunately, D-Link printer server has a different setup than Linksys. I have set my Device URI as of following: lpd://192.168.0.1/p1 Or lpd://192.168.0.1/P1 Or lpd://192.168.0.1/printer1 But none works; the printer starts up properly, accepts jobs but when it comes to the processing the actual job, for some reason the printer stops and I've to restart it. Either way, nothing gets printed. The job status is either in "Pending the process" or "Processing Since..." mode. Here's the error_log for CUPS from the point where cupsd is started, adding a printer, and queuing a job. http://..../cups.errlog.txt It sends some command string to port 515 to the router but then the printer is shut down: Code:
D [22/Jul/2005:15:03:57 -0400] [Job 1] KID3 exited with status 0 |
oxblood
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Queue Type - Networked Unix (LPD), Server - 192.168.0.1, and Queue - lp (that's lower-case L and P). Which works out as Code:
lpd://192.168.0.1/lpPete |
Many thanks to you Pete. Everything works great now; I also tried CUPS on Solaris 9/10 and it works!
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oxblood
Glad to help Pete |
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