[xubuntu-users] Sharing a printer

Sun Aug 11 15:01:59 UTC 2013

I found a link that has an installer from HP.  This may be worth a quick
try-dis, try-dat.
Don

http://www.hplipopensource.com/hplip-web/models/deskjet/deskjet_940c.html

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>    1. Re:  Sharing a printer (Jack Fromm)
>    2. Re:  Sharing a printer (Neil Winchurst)
>    3. Re:  Sharing a printer (Jack Fromm)
>    4. Re:  Sharing a printer (Neil Winchurst)
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> Message: 1
> Date: Sat, 10 Aug 2013 09:59:19 -0400
> From: Jack Fromm <jjfrv8 at gmail.com>
> To: xubuntu-users at lists.ubuntu.com
> Subject: Re: [xubuntu-users] Sharing a printer
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> On 08/10/2013 03:37 AM, Neil Winchurst wrote:
>> On 09/08/13 17:30, Bill wrote:
>>> On 08/09/2013 12:06 PM, Neil Winchurst wrote:
>>>> I used to be able to share my printer in the past, but my current setup
>>>> has me baffled.
>>>>
>>>> I have a desktop running Xubuntu 12.04. My HP printer is attached via a
>>>> USB cable. I also have a laptop running Xubuntu 13.04. I have been 
>>>> going
>>>> mad trying to get the laptop to find/work with the printer.
>>>>
>>>> No matter what I try the printer is not found by the laptop. The 
>>>> printer
>>>> works fine from the desk top computer. What I do at the moment is send
>>>> myself an email from the laptop with the document as an attachment. 
>>>> Then
>>>> I can open and print the attached document from the desk top computer.
>>>> There must be an easier way??
>>>>
>>>> Any help to point me in the right direction gratefully received. I do
>>>> have sharing enabled on both.
>>>>
>>>> Neil
>>>
>>> I'm running 12.04 on both Dell desktop and laptop; HP Deskjet F300
>>> all-in-one connected to the desktop via usb cable. I had a bit of
>>> trouble getting the laptop to find the printer initially. Of course,
>>> make sure both the desktop and printer are booted/on, then through
>>> either the System > Printing dialog, or localhost:631 (cups) interface,
>>> the following is what I finally found would work:
>>>
>>> ipp://192.168.2.2:631/printers/Deskjet-F300-series
>>>
>>> HTH.
>>>
>> Thanks, I will give that a try. With my previous printer which was 
>> attached via a parallel connection, the printer was just found by the 
>> laptop.
>>
>> Neil
>>
> I thought I would try this out since I'm testing the Xubuntu Saucy alpha 
> on a test desktop.  My main desktop is running 12.04 with a DeskJet 940 
> connected via USB.  If I look in System -> Printing on my main desktop 
> and right-click on the printer, I see that both 'Enabled' and 'Shared' 
> are checked (which I think are the defaults).  Then I clicked on Server 
> -> Settings and checked "Publish shared printers connected to this 
> system".  On my Saucy machine, if I have the 'Printers - localhost' 
> dialog open from Settings Manager, I see the DeskJet automatically show 
> up as soon as I "OK" that 'Publish' setting on my 12.04 desktop.  As 
> soon as I uncheck it and OK that, the printer automatically disappears 
> from the Printers dialog on the Saucy machine. Re-check it shows back up 
> again.  I was really surprised that I didn't have to do anything on the 
> remote machine at all.  I don't know if I have any other settings on my 
> main desktop that allow that to happen, but the Saucy image is a fresh 
> install, so those are all the factory defaults.  I guess your mileage 
> may vary.
> 
> Jack
> 
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> Message: 2
> Date: Sat, 10 Aug 2013 15:20:03 +0100
> From: Neil Winchurst <neilwin at drofle.co.uk>
> To: Xubuntu Support and User Discussions
> 	<xubuntu-users at lists.ubuntu.com>
> Subject: Re: [xubuntu-users] Sharing a printer
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> On 10/08/13 14:59, Jack Fromm wrote:
>>
> 
>>>
>> I thought I would try this out since I'm testing the Xubuntu Saucy alpha
>> on a test desktop.  My main desktop is running 12.04 with a DeskJet 940
>> connected via USB.  If I look in System -> Printing on my main desktop
>> and right-click on the printer, I see that both 'Enabled' and 'Shared'
>> are checked (which I think are the defaults).  Then I clicked on Server
>> -> Settings and checked "Publish shared printers connected to this
>> system".  On my Saucy machine, if I have the 'Printers - localhost'
>> dialog open from Settings Manager, I see the DeskJet automatically show
>> up as soon as I "OK" that 'Publish' setting on my 12.04 desktop.  As
>> soon as I uncheck it and OK that, the printer automatically disappears
>> from the Printers dialog on the Saucy machine. Re-check it shows back up
>> again.  I was really surprised that I didn't have to do anything on the
>> remote machine at all.  I don't know if I have any other settings on my
>> main desktop that allow that to happen, but the Saucy image is a fresh
>> install, so those are all the factory defaults.  I guess your mileage
>> may vary.
>>
>> Jack
>>
> Thanks. I have checked and my settings are the same on my desk topI. 
> When I go to my laptop and go Menu --> Settings Manager --> Printers it 
> finds the printer, at least an icon appears showing the correct name. 
> When I right click on the icon I see that Enabled is ticked but Shared 
> is not ticked. So far I cannot work out how to change that.
> 
> I also get a message box telling me that the printer may not be 
> connected. Very baffling.
> 
> Neil
> 
> 
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> Message: 3
> Date: Sat, 10 Aug 2013 10:49:25 -0400
> From: Jack Fromm <jjfrv8 at gmail.com>
> To: xubuntu-users at lists.ubuntu.com
> Subject: Re: [xubuntu-users] Sharing a printer
> Message-ID: <520652F5.1030608 at gmail.com>
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> 
> On 08/10/2013 10:20 AM, Neil Winchurst wrote:
>> On 10/08/13 14:59, Jack Fromm wrote:
>>>
>>
>>>>
>>> I thought I would try this out since I'm testing the Xubuntu Saucy alpha
>>> on a test desktop.  My main desktop is running 12.04 with a DeskJet 940
>>> connected via USB.  If I look in System -> Printing on my main desktop
>>> and right-click on the printer, I see that both 'Enabled' and 'Shared'
>>> are checked (which I think are the defaults).  Then I clicked on Server
>>> -> Settings and checked "Publish shared printers connected to this
>>> system".  On my Saucy machine, if I have the 'Printers - localhost'
>>> dialog open from Settings Manager, I see the DeskJet automatically show
>>> up as soon as I "OK" that 'Publish' setting on my 12.04 desktop.  As
>>> soon as I uncheck it and OK that, the printer automatically disappears
>>> from the Printers dialog on the Saucy machine. Re-check it shows back up
>>> again.  I was really surprised that I didn't have to do anything on the
>>> remote machine at all.  I don't know if I have any other settings on my
>>> main desktop that allow that to happen, but the Saucy image is a fresh
>>> install, so those are all the factory defaults.  I guess your mileage
>>> may vary.
>>>
>>> Jack
>>>
>> Thanks. I have checked and my settings are the same on my desk topI. 
>> When I go to my laptop and go Menu --> Settings Manager --> Printers 
>> it finds the printer, at least an icon appears showing the correct 
>> name. When I right click on the icon I see that Enabled is ticked but 
>> Shared is not ticked. So far I cannot work out how to change that.
> I don't think it can be changed on the 'client' machine, only on the 
> server/host. It behaves that way for me too.
>>
>> I also get a message box telling me that the printer may not be 
>> connected. Very baffling.
> Yes, that is.  It appears that something else is going wrong.
> 
> 
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> Message: 4
> Date: Sat, 10 Aug 2013 17:08:29 +0100
> From: Neil Winchurst <neilwin at drofle.co.uk>
> To: pbcartwright at gmail.com,  Xubuntu Support and User Discussions
> 	<xubuntu-users at lists.ubuntu.com>
> Subject: Re: [xubuntu-users] Sharing a printer
> Message-ID: <5206657D.2010406 at drofle.co.uk>
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> On 09/08/13 23:47, Paul Cartwright wrote:
>> On 08/09/2013 04:37 PM, Bill wrote:
>>>
>>> I am not clear if you are asking me or Neil, Paul, but if you are
>>> asking me, then "yes".
>> I was asking Neil.. just giving you credit for mentioning the CUPS website:)
>>
> I have given up for the time being. I will come back to it later. One 
> possibility is the different versions of CUPS. Xubuntu 12,04 has CUPS 
> version 1.5.3 whereas Xubuntu 13.04 uses CUPS 1.5.6. I don't know if 
> that is relevant.
> 
> Anyway, at the moment the laptop sees the printer but reports it as 
> being disconnected. I will research some more and see what I can find 
> out. Meanwhile, thanks to you all for the help so far.
> 
> Neil
> 
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