<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.01 Transitional//EN"> <html> <head> <meta content="text/html;charset=ISO-8859-1" http-equiv="Content-Type"> </head> <body bgcolor="#ffffff" text="#000000"> <pre wrap="">On Sat, 2008-03-08 at 15:35 -0800, NoOp wrote: </pre> <blockquote type="cite"> <pre wrap="">> On 03/08/2008 12:32 PM, Jay Ridgley wrote: </pre> <blockquote type="cite"> <pre wrap="">> > Folks, > > > > I recently obtained a new computer for my wife and have Ubuntu 7.10 > > installed on it, it does not have a physical printer. I have another > > system running Ubuntu 6.06 LTS that has a HP 3180 Photosmart printer > > attached. I have configured that printer successfully. > > > > There appear to be two methods of installing a network printer one > > titled Printers and the other titled "Printer Configuration Local > > Host" Both are listed in the System -> Administration Menu (S/W > > 7.10) . Only the Printers entry appears on the system with the > > physical printer (S/W 6.06 LTS). > > > > The first one allows me to add the network printer but produces the > > wrong IP address in the URL on the system with the physical printer. > > It does not work... > > > > However, when I attempt use the show printers shared by other systems > > method using the second entry I get to a point where the install > > wizard keeps asking for my administrative password repeatedly and I > > am unable to get past that request. Yes, I am sure of the password > > and it is correctly entered, btw I am logged in as the administrative > > user... > > > > The system with the attached printer is listening on port 631. The > > Printers window does not have the option to Share printers under > > Global Settings on that system also shows only Detect LAN Printers > > (S/W 6.06 LTS) > > > > I am at a loss as to what I should do... ideas or raw random thoughts > > welcomed. > > > > Thanks, Jay > > </pre> </blockquote> <pre wrap="">> > If the system with the printer attached has a fixed IP (i.e., > 192.168.x.x or similar), the easiest way to connect from the 7.10 > machine is to use IPP. So in the Printer Configuration for the Device > URI use: ipp://192.168.x.x:631/printers/<printername> > > So, from 7.10: System|Administration|Printing|New Printer|Internet > Printing Protocol (ipp) - Host: <IP address> - Find Queue, and that > should find the 6.06 machine's printer(s) if the 6.06 machines printers > are shared. If the queue doesn't show up, then use "Other" and enter the > URI directly: ipp://192.168.x.x:631/printers/<printername> - Forward. > > If the 6.06 doesn't have a fixed IP (I recommend for just this reason), > then ipp://<machinename>:631/printers/<printername> </pre> </blockquote>  A couple of folks have requested that I explain exactly what I did to correct the problem, that I had posted to the net. NoOp provided the key when he said the easiest way was to use IPP... What I did was to use the System Administration|Printing|New Printer|Internet Printing Protocol (ipp) - Host: < IP Address> - Find Queue. That provided me the the name of my attached printer on the target system. With that I then used the IP Address of the target system to define the URL on the system without the physical printer : ipp://192.168.x.x:631/printers/<name of my attached printer> (ie Queue) NOTE: The system with the printer must have port 631 OPEN (find - System Administration|System| Services|Printer service (cupsys) and check the box). The wizard then provided the proper connection and I was able to utilize the printer as desired. I hope this helps... Jay <pre class="moz-signature" cols="72">-- Jay Ridgley <a class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated" href="mailto:jridgley2@austin.rr.com">jridgley2@austin.rr.com</a> Registered Linux User ID - 9115 </pre> </body> </html>