printer

[Mitch Contla]

norman said the following on 12/02/2006 12:53 PM:
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>>    1. Have you verified network connectivity between the windows box and
>>       the ubuntu box? Can you ping servername or ping ipaddress?
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> Yes - I can ping ipaddress.
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>>    2. What happens when you open a browser on the windows machine and
>>       browse to:
>>       http://ipaddressofcupsserver:631/printers (you should see a web
>>       page that shows your printers).
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> The page was not displayed.
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>>    3. What is the name of your printer as recognized by cups?
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> I believe it is Laserjet 1100.
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>>    4. When you make the connection using the windows Add Printer wizard,
>>       are you using hostname or ip address? If you are using hostname,
>>       are you sure this is resolving correctly?
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> I am using ip address.
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>>    5. What does /var/log/cups/access_log or /var/log/cups/error_log say?
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> The access log :-
> localhost - - [02/Dec/2006:09:02:24 +0000] "GET /ppd/LaserJet-1100.ppd
> HTTP/1.1" 200 27147 - -
> localhost - - [02/Dec/2006:09:02:25 +0000] "GET /ppd/LaserJet-1100.ppd
> HTTP/1.1" 200 27147 - -
> localhost - - [02/Dec/2006:09:02:25 +0000] "POST / HTTP/1.1" 200 697914
> CUPS-Get-PPDs -
> localhost - - [02/Dec/2006:09:02:27 +0000] "POST / HTTP/1.1" 200 1599
> CUPS-Get-Devices -
> localhost - - [02/Dec/2006:09:03:32 +0000] "POST /admin/ HTTP/1.1" 401
> 166 CUPS-Add-Modify-Printer successful-ok
> localhost - root [02/Dec/2006:09:03:32 +0000] "POST /admin/ HTTP/1.1"
> 200 166 CUPS-Add-Modify-Printer successful-ok
> localhost - root [02/Dec/2006:09:03:32 +0000] "POST /admin/ HTTP/1.1"
> 200 166 CUPS-Add-Modify-Printer successful-ok
> localhost - root [02/Dec/2006:09:04:09 +0000] "POST /admin/ HTTP/1.1"
> 200 166 CUPS-Add-Modify-Printer successful-ok
> localhost - - [02/Dec/2006:09:42:20 +0000] "POST / HTTP/1.1" 200 353
> CUPS-Get-Classes successful-ok
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> The error log :-
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> E [02/Dec/2006:09:03:32 +0000] CUPS-Add-Modify-Printer: Unauthorized
> E [02/Dec/2006:14:55:55 +0000] Creating missing directory
> "/var/run/cups/certs"
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>> I've helped lots of people help set up windows -> ubuntu printing this
>> way. Unless you have made some other changes to the cups configuration,
>> or have a connectivity issue between the 2 machines, we should be able
>> to get this done.
>>
>> ... and this is still far easier than getting samba configured! :)
>>
>> -- 
>> Mitch
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Are you running a firewall on your ubuntu box that would be blocking the
port?

What happens if you open your browser on the ubuntu box and browse to:
http://localhost:631/printers

Is your printer listed when you run:

$ lpstat -a


-- 
Mitch