<html><head/><body><html><head></head><body>If you edit /etc/cups/cupsd.conf, and add<br>
BrowsePoll <ip address or hostname><br>
to the client does it work then? This should force it to continuously poll the server providing the printer is shared correctly. (Don't forget to restart cups - sudo service cups restart). Also make sure all users have permission to print.<br>
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Joshua<br><br><div class="gmail_quote">Neil Winchurst <neilwin@drofle.co.uk> wrote:<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); padding-left: 1ex;">
<pre style="white-space: pre-wrap; word-wrap:break-word; font-family: sans-serif; margin-top: 0px">On 19/05/13 21:30, Bill wrote:<br /><br /><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin: 0pt 0pt 1ex 0.8ex; border-left: 1px solid #729fcf; padding-left: 1ex;">Hi Neil, fwiw, I'm running 12.04 (Linux bill-XPS-M1530<br />3.2.0-43-generic-pae #68-Ubuntu SMP Wed May 15 03:55:10 UTC 2013 i686<br />i686 i386 GNU/Linux) on both my Dell laptop and desktop. My HP printer<br />is connected to the desktop via usb cable, the desktop is connected to a<br />modem/router via ethernet cable, and the laptop to the modem/router via<br />wifi.<br /><br />The properties of the printer via the System > Printing menu is as follows:<br />Description: HP Deskjet F300 series<br />Location: bill-Inspiron-530<br />Device URL: ipp://<a href="192.168.2.2:631/printers/Deskjet-F300-series">192.168.2.2:631/printers/Deskjet-F300-series</a><br />Make & Model: HP Deskjet f300 Series, hpcups 3.12.2 on <a
href="http://192.168.2.2">192.168.2.2</a><br />Device Status: Stopped<br /><br />I get the same information through the CUPS interface<br />(<a href="192.168.2.3:631/printers/Deskjet-F300-series">192.168.2.3:631/printers/Deskjet-F300-series</a>).<br /><br />I recall having some trouble getting the laptop to find the printer, and<br />if I recall, the key was in getting the proper device url (after finding<br />the correct driver, which took a little experimentation as well). I do<br />remember that the laptop could not locate the printer on its own.<br /><br />Hope you get the nagging problem straightened out!<br /><br />--<br />Regards,<br />Bill</blockquote><br />Thanks for that, very interesting. I have looked at the properties for <br />my printer via the System --> Printing menu. Of course most of the items <br />are different, description etc. I was interested in the Device URL <br />however. Here is mine<br /><br />hp:/usb/Photosmart_5520_series?serial=CN27J1601P05ST<br
/><br />no mention of ipp. Perhaps there is a clue there. And in CUPS I get the same<br /><br />hp:/usb/Photosmart_5520_series?serial=CN27J1601P05ST<br /><br />as you said.<br /><br />This is what my computer found for me when I set up printer sharing on <br />both desktop and laptop computers. Perhaps I need to try to set it up <br />myself (as a second printer) to see if that works.<br /><br />Regards<br /><br />Neil<br /><br /><br /></pre></blockquote></div></body></html></body></html>