LPP Sharing Problem

[Norman Nunn]

Jeff,

Success! The setup is working fine now.  I changed the drivers as
suggested, used the print queue name hp2230 consistently, and, as root,
created the /printers/hp2230 directory on the host pc and used that as
the path in the remote pc setup.

Thanks allot for the help.

Norm



On Mon, 2004-09-06 at 01:11, Jeff Vian wrote:
> On Mon, 2004-09-06 at 01:44, Norman Nunn wrote:
> > Jeff,
> > 
> > Thanks for the input.  Is it ok to use the host ip address as input to
> > the system-printer-config tool for "server" on the remote PC?  I have
> > also been trying to determine what to use as the "path" (with the config
> > tool above on the same setup screen) on that PC as well.  I also added a
> > few responses below.
> > 
> > Norm
> > 
> > On Sun, 2004-09-05 at 20:05, Jeff Vian wrote:
> > > On Sun, 2004-09-05 at 20:55, Norman Nunn wrote:
> > > > I have been trying unsuccessfully to setup a Cups printer for sharing on
> > > > the second PC of my home network.  Sure would appreciate a lead to get
> > > > 
> > > The mach with the printer attached can use /dev/lp0 (if it is a parallel
> > > printer). The remote machine cannot use /dev/lp0.   It needs to use ipp
> > > or samba.  You indicated it was set up for sharing -- I assume you mean
> > > vis the system-config-printer tool.  That should set it up for ipp on
> > > port 631.
> > > 
> > Yes, that is how I set up the local printer initially.  Don't know what
> > to use for the host pc path on the remote pc.  The help documentation
> > indicates this is the queue path.
> > 
> 
> for server put in the IP address (hostname if you configure it in
> /etc/hosts)
> 
> for path use the default(/printers/queue1) but change the last bit
> "queue1" to the actual queue name on the server.
> 
> I tested this on my PC and put in the IP address for server and
> /printers/laser for the path and it just worked. I used an existing
> print queue on my server and set the remote host to print "raw" to it.
> 
> NOTE: the queue used for IPP printing must be set for sharing as you
> already surmised.
> 
> There are 2 things you need to be aware of.
> 1.  If the IPP print queue on the server is defined as raw, then the
> proper printer driver needs to be selected on the host sending the print
> job.
> 2.  If the IPP print queue on the server is set for the proper printer
> driver, then the host sending the job must be set to print to a raw
> queue (it will be processed by the printer driver on the server).
> 
> This is because the job can only be processed thru the driver once for
> formatting/printing. 
> 
> > > The queue name on the remote system MUST be the queue name it was
> > > defined as on the print server.  On mine I have the laser printer with
> > > queue name 'laser'.
> > 
> > I changed the name but the test page still did not work.
> > 
> > > Hostname will only work if you have the hostname/IP mapping done via DNS
> > > or /etc/hosts.  You cannot use localhost.localdomain as the hostname for
> > > a remote print server (unless you are using ipp to print locally).  
> > > 
> > 
> > I did not change the hostname yet.  I assume I don't need too, and I can have
> > a /dev/lp0 and an ipp printer on the same PC?
> > 
> > 
> Yes, you can have as many queues as you choose and of any type you
> choose on a single PC. (I have 3 different queues for a single printer
> because I wanted to set the print quality -- 300dpi, 600dpi, and 1200dpi
> for draft thru final quality on a color printer) I also have 2 different
> queues for my laser - raw for use with IPP and with the driver for local
> printing.
> 
> 
> 
>