printing here and there in REDHAT 9

bob_man_uk · 04-18-2005, 05:50 AM

hi all,

im having problems with printers, i use gnome (dont want to switch to kde) and have gnome printer manager which displays a printer with an orangy-red triangle, in printer configuration this printer doesnt exist, help... please

I have restarted cups and samba, dont know how to start lpd but i dont think this has a role in this, (i may be wrong)

any help appreciated,

MattyG

perfect_circle · 04-18-2005, 06:00 AM

maybe your printer need configuration. If cups is running,
open a web browser and type
http://localhost:631
in the address bar

bob_man_uk · 04-18-2005, 06:12 AM

jobs a gud'un

cheers

waldyd · 05-02-2005, 10:45 AM

Quote:

Originally posted by perfect_circle
maybe your printer need configuration. If cups is running,
open a web browser and type
http://localhost:631
in the address bar

I tried to do what it says below, but doesn't works for me...

I check via the service comand if CUPS was running, and it was....

How can i solve my printing problems??

PD: I already use the printing configuration tool, and iy doesn't work...

perfect_circle · 05-02-2005, 11:20 AM

Quote:

Originally posted by waldyd
I tried to do what it says below, but doesn't works for me...

I check via the service comand if CUPS was running, and it was....

How can i solve my printing problems??

PD: I already use the printing configuration tool, and iy doesn't work...

What distro are you using?
can you please post the result of those 2 commands:

Code:

ps -A|grep cupsd

Code:

nmap localhost

waldyd · 05-02-2005, 02:49 PM

[waldyd@Airei waldyd]$ ps -A|grep cupsd
1169 ? 00:00:00 cupsd
[waldyd@Airei waldyd]$ nmap localhost

Starting nmap V. 3.00 ( www.insecure.org/nmap/ )
Interesting ports on Aire-i (172.16.28.21):
(The 1595 ports scanned but not shown below are in state: closed)
Port State Service
22/tcp open ssh
111/tcp open sunrpc
139/tcp open netbios-ssn
515/tcp open printer
1024/tcp open kdm
6000/tcp open X11

Nmap run completed -- 1 IP address (1 host up) scanned in 1 second
[waldyd@Airei waldyd]$

perfect_circle · 05-02-2005, 06:45 PM

Quote:

Originally posted by waldyd
[waldyd@Airei waldyd]$ ps -A|grep cupsd
1169 ? 00:00:00 cupsd
[waldyd@Airei waldyd]$ nmap localhost

Starting nmap V. 3.00 ( www.insecure.org/nmap/ )
Interesting ports on Aire-i (172.16.28.21):
(The 1595 ports scanned but not shown below are in state: closed)
Port State Service
22/tcp open ssh
111/tcp open sunrpc
139/tcp open netbios-ssn
515/tcp open printer
1024/tcp open kdm
6000/tcp open X11

Nmap run completed -- 1 IP address (1 host up) scanned in 1 second
[waldyd@Airei waldyd]$

So, cups daemon is running but the internet printing protocol (IPP) default port, 631 is not open.
I don't know, maybe for security reasons, what distro are u using?
can you locate the CUPS configuration file? it's /etc/cups/cupsd.conf in my case, but it may have different name in your distro.

There are some lines like those:

Code:

########
######## Network Options
########

#
# Ports/addresses that we listen to.  The default port 631 is reserved
# for the Internet Printing Protocol (IPP) and is what we use here.
#
# You can have multiple Port/Listen lines to listen to more than one
# port or address, or to restrict access:
#
#    Port 80
#    Port 631
#    Listen hostname
#    Listen hostname:80
#    Listen hostname:631
#    Listen 1.2.3.4
#    Listen 1.2.3.4:631
#
# NOTE: Unfortunately, most web browsers don't support TLS or HTTP Upgrades
# for encryption.  If you want to support web-based encryption you'll
# probably need to listen on port 443 (the "https" port...)
#
# NOTE 2: In order for the command-line and web interfaces to work, you
# must have at least one Port or Listen line that allows access from the
# local loopback address (localhost).
#

#Port 80
#Port 443
Port 631

Is there Port 631 uncommented, like mine?

*EDIT*
Also, there is port 515 open which is for the line printing deamon (what ever that means)

waldyd · 05-06-2005, 10:02 AM

I am using RedHat 9, and i have find the file....

########
######## Network Options
########

#
# Ports/addresses that we listen to. The default port 631 is reserved
# for the Internet Printing Protocol (IPP) and is what we use here.
#
# You can have multiple Port/Listen lines to listen to more than one
# port or address, or to restrict access:
#
# Port 80
# Port 631
# Listen hostname
# Listen hostname:80
# Listen hostname:631
# Listen 1.2.3.4
# Listen 1.2.3.4:631
#
# NOTE: Unfortunately, most web browsers don't support TLS or HTTP Upgrades
# for encryption. If you want to support web-based encryption you'll
# probably need to listen on port 443 (the "https" port...)
#

#Port 80
#Port 443

#
# HostNameLookups: whether or not to do lookups on IP addresses to get a
# fully-qualified hostname. This defaults to Off for performance reasons...
#

#HostNameLookups On

#
# KeepAlive: whether or not to support the Keep-Alive connection
# option. Default is on.
#

#KeepAlive On

How do i edit my cupsd.conf file to enable printing....?