Re: Adding a network printer

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Thank Aaron, that helped me to make it work.

I also had to change the queue name from 'lp' to the name of the
printer. I thought that wasn't important since I had already specified
the server name.

Martin


On Thu, 2 Dec 2004 11:31:00 -0600, akonstam@xxxxxxxxxxx
<akonstam@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> On Thu, Dec 02, 2004 at 09:17:43AM -0800, Martin Canovas wrote:
> 
> 
> > I'm using FC2. The printer is HP LaserJet 4050 N.
> >
> > As I said before, I already tried other drivers: hpijs, hpijs-rss,
> > lj5gray, ljjet4
> >
> > Yes of couse I tried the test page. As a matter of fact, that is all
> > I'm trying right now. I don't want to test it using firefox or other
> > application becuase that could be a problem in the application.
> >
> > When I try the print test nothing happens.
> >
> > We access this printer through a server, and I can ping it by IP or name.
> >
> > It is fustraiting how an easy task becomes a pain in the ass. I guess
> > I will have to configure my syslog.conf to debug mode to get more
> > info.
> >
> > Thanks for your help. If you can think of anything that might help me
> > let me know.
> >
> > Martin
> If you access the printer through a server (i.e., you send the print
> job to machine B which actually sends the print job to the printer)
> that changes everything. At the point you get to choose a printer
> don't do that. Instead of going to the list of printers just identify
> it as a Postscript printer and it should print. That is what we had to
> do. If we didn't we had the same problem you had.
> --
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> -------------------------------------------
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> 
> Aaron Konstam
> Computer Science
> Trinity University
> One Trinity Place.
> San Antonio, TX 78212-7200
> 
> telephone: (210)-999-7484
> email:akonstam@xxxxxxxxxxx
>


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