Hi Jack; On Thu, 2006-07-09 at 23:59 -0400, Jack Gates wrote: > On Thursday 07 September 2006 22:30, William Case wrote: > > Hi All; > > My printer was named "psc-1310-series---1" -- 19 characters in all. > > It wasn't the name I originally gave it. The name appeared > > several months ago after I had been experimenting with 'something'. > > Probably supplied by kudzu or Anaconda or something else. It > > worked, so I left it. In any case, it is not a name I would > > choose. So something in Fedora hasn't read the Samba or Cups > > manual. > > > > It could have been a combination of things, but as soon as I > > renamed my printer HP-psc-1315 (11 characters), WindowsXP could > > find my printer. > It wasn't the renaming that did it. The best I can figure is that I had a test page from an earlier test stuck in the printer memory and when I did something? to unblock the memory the printer printed a page I thought was from upstairs. I now do have the printer working from WindowsXP to Linux -- for sure, and it wasn't the length of the name. I stopped trying to get it to print using the CUPS driver, loaded the windows HP driver on the upstairs computer and "Bob's your uncle". But I did uncover something else that is weird, may be a bug and helped mix everything up. The help manual for the GNOME Printer Manager says I can change the name of the queue. Which I kept doing -- from "psc-1310-series---1" to "HP-psc-1315" and variations thereof. As long as I left FC5 running without logging out, the upstairs WindowsXP computer could find the new name I had used. When I logged out and then back in, an additional printer was showing under the name "psc-1310-series---1" with a different configuration from the "HP-psc-1315" which had only been a name change. The "psc-1310-series---1" Queue type: Locally-connected had become hal:///org/freedesktop/Hal/devices/usb_device_3f0_3f11_CN45PB613FO2_if1_printer_CN45PB613FO2 Custom rather than hp/usb/psc_1310_series_?serial=CN45PB613FO2. If I pushed rescan the hal line disappeared and the hp/usb/etc. line was left. Even if deleted the "psc-1310-series---1" again, it showed up as the default printer in some of my applications. All of these changes were duplicated in the http://localhost:631/ file Loggout and in again and "psc-1310-series---1" was back. In fact, it gets even more confusing to me -- but that is the gist of it. What's going on? > That is weird! I have an HP and the printer name is HP-LaserJet-5L > (14 characters) and my wife has a Windows XP home box using the > printer on my FC5 box. My virtual Windows 2000 machine running in > VMware on my FC5 box can't find it. > > -- > Jack Gates http://www.morningstarcom.net > -- Regards Bill
