On Thu, 16 Dec 2004, Joseph McCrary wrote: > > > Matthew Saltzman wrote: > > On Thu, 16 Dec 2004, Joseph McCrary wrote: > > > > Please help. If I cannot fix this printing problem, I will have to > abandon Linux for the hated world of Windoze!!! > > Two weeks ago, I no longer could send a document to either printer. I've > got two printers connected, both of which used to work fine. One is a > Canon S600 connected to a USB port. The other is a HP LJ 6MP connected > through my local network. Both worked fine previously. > > Whenever I try to print from a program (e.g., Firefox), the only printer > available is the PostScript default. Previously, both printers were > listed, with the HP as the default printer. > > When I try to print a test page, I get this error: > > lpr: error - unable to print file: server-error-service-unavailable > > I'm running Core 3, and have done all of the updates. I downloaded and > installed the latest version of CUPS (1.1.22). That did not help. > > > Do you have a firewall running? Try using system-config-securitylevel to > add 631:tcp to the list of open ports (on the machine with the printers > attached). > > > > [...] > > Please help. > > Joe > > > > > > > Thanks Matt. We solved it earlier by changing the IP address in one of > the configuration files. > > Joe Yep, saw that later. If you want to share your printers with other computers, though, keep my advice in mind... -- Matthew Saltzman Clemson University Math Sciences mjs AT clemson DOT edu http://www.math.clemson.edu/~mjs
