Printing from networked XP to local linux printer

[Matt Egger]

You totally reminded me on how I had my cups printer sharing working under
hoary.  It isn't working under breezy, and for the life of me I could not
remember what was different.

Thanks,

-ME

On 1/10/06, Tim Frost <timfrost at xtra.co.nz> wrote:
>
> On Tue, 2006-01-10 at 19:09 +0000, R Kimber wrote:
> > After two days of trying, I'm starting to wonder if I'm attempting the
> > impossible. However, the howtos on the web seem to imply that it is
> > straightforward, though they are somewhat confusing. Some say you need
> > samba, others says it can just be done with cups. I've followed
> > instructions for using cups (it seems to be made all the harder by
> > Ubunutu disabling web-based admin tasks: groping around the config
> > files isn't very human-friendly)
> >
> > I have a working printer on the linux box and I have a working wireless
> > network. The two machines can ping each other, and I can establish an
> > ftp connection. What I can't do is set up the XP machine to use my linux
> > printer.
> >
> > I've allowed the XP machine to use port 631 on the linux firewall, I've
> > given it permission in cupsd.conf.
> Have you told cups to listen on all IP addresses?  The default setup on
> ubuntu is to listen on 127.0.0.1:631 only.
>
> Comment the line
>         Listen 127.0.0.1:631
> and uncomment
>         Port 631
>
>
> Restart cups, then test (using "telnet <linux IP> 631") that you can
> connect to cups.
>
> >  I've edited the XP HOSTS file and
> > put in the Ubuntu box address, but the XP box always complains that it
> > can't connect to the printer when I try to set it up with
> > http://<linux box name or even IP address>:631/printers/DeskJet-520
> >
> > What else should I be doing?  Or should I give up?
> >
> > - Richard.
> > --
> > Richard Kimber
> > http://www.psr.keele.ac.uk/
> >
>
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