Problem setting up printers in Lucid

[glenn opdycke-hansen]

For HP printers, HPLIP is helpful.
http://packages.ubuntu.com/search?keywords=hplip

--glenn


On Mon, May 17, 2010 at 15:19, <pkaplan1 at comcast.net> wrote:

> When selecting Printer Configuration in Karmic and then New Network
> Printer, I was presented with a list of printers on my LAN each of which had
> the printer model and its TCP/IP address (on our LAN it would be
> 10.2.92.xxx) as in:
>
> ...
> HP Color LaserJet 4700 (10.2.92.201)
> HP Color LaserJet 4700 (10.2.92.203)
> ...
> RICOH Aficio MP C2550 (10.2.92.211)
> RICOH Aficio MP C2550 (10.2.92.213)
>
> Canon iR C5185-H1 1.2 (10.2.92.202)
> Canon iR C5185-H1 1.2 (10.2.92.202)
> ...
>
>
> In Lucid, the parenthetical TCP/IP is replaced sometimes by a cryptic 6
> character string in brackets.  To the right is a box "Enter Device URI" with
> a pre-populated entry for each printer as follows.
>
> dnssd://HP%20Color%20LaserJet%204700%20%5B271B88%5D._printer._tcp.local/
>  (The 6 character string follows the "%5B").  There is no TCP/IP address to
> be found so I don't know which printer is which.
>
> I can ping the printers by their names or TCP/IP #s, but I have no way of
> connecting the tabular listing of printers in the new format with the TCP/IP
> addresses or printer names.
>
> Any ideas how to identify the printers by TCP/IP in the config list without
> testing each one individually until I hit on the right one?
>
> Paul
>
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