On Tue, 2008-08-19 at 18:16 -0400, Vincent Onelli wrote: > > 9. Re: network printer setup, Vol 54, Issue 130 (Aaron Konstam) > > 13. Re: network printer setup, Vol 54, Issue 130 (Mikkel L. Ellertson) > > 14. Re: network printer setup, Vol 54, Issue 130 (Mikkel L. Ellertson) > > > > > > > > > > > > Message: 4 > > > > Date: Sat, 16 Aug 2008 15:18:31 -0500 > > > > From: "Mikkel L. Ellertson" <mikkel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> > > > > Subject: Re: Network printer setup, > > > > To: For users of Fedora <fedora-list@xxxxxxxxxx> > > > > Message-ID: <48A73617.4030507@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> > > > > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" > > > > > > > > Vincent Onelli wrote: > > > > > Hi, > > > > > > > > > > Is there some body that can help me to setup a printer? I am new on > > > > > Linux, and most of the entry required I do not know what to enter in. > > > > > I had send similar message before but I did not get any answer. I > > > > > understand your have a large number of messages to get to, but please > > > > > try to understand our new user problem, without your help we could not > > > > > survive very long with Linux, I have several friends that tried Linux > > > > > for a short period of time and then abandon it. I am the stubborn one, > > > > > but now I am stuck,I need to use this printer it is the only one that I > > > > > have to print on paper 17x22. > > > > > I very much appreciate if some one can give me a detailed guideline on > > > > > what to enter on various setup phase, one answer I received pointed me > > > > > to http://localhost:631 but then what I enter to various steps? I try to > > > > > enter some thing but Icould not get pass the verification stage the user > > > > > or the password were not accepted, I assume that it want the root PW but > > > > > I also tried the user PW, no luck. > > > > > Some info on my system: > > > > > Dell Dimension 8300. > > > > > Netgear router WGR614v6 > > > > > Printer Server Netgear PS101 > > > > > Printer Epson Stylus Color 1520 > > > > > It work fine with windows and these are the setting as listed on the > > > > > Router: Printer Server Netgear PS101. Lan manager printer port > > > > > PSE6D76B > > > > > Printer server port LPT1:PSE6D76B > > > > > Server Name PSE6D76B > > > > > IP Address 192.168.1.3 > > > > > > > > > > Epson Setup: Name Epson1520 > > > > > Hostname 192.168.1.3 > > > > > Queue PSE6D76B > > > > > > > > > > Thank you in advance > > > > > Vinny > > > > > > > > > Ok - the first thing is that the user and password it is asking for > > > > defaults to root and root's password. Normal users login and > > > > password do not work unless they are added. > > > > > > > > >From there, you want the Administration tab. From there you can > > > > click on the Find New Printers. If the printserver supports IPP, > > > > then you can have CUPS can find it for you. It will do most of the > > > > setup for you. > > > > > > > > If CUPS does not find the printer, you will have to use Add New > > > > Printer. You then will want to pick LPD/LPR Host or Printer. > > > > > > > Under this selection LPD/LPR I only find 2 lines Host and Queue on these > > > I try several combination > > > 1. Host: "192.168.1.3" > > > Queue: "PSE6D76B" > > > 2. Host: "localhost" > > > Queue: "192.168.1.3" > > > did not work. > > > > > > I also try the Internet printing protocol, here I also found the same 2 > > > line to fill, the third line URI indicate the combination of the two > > > lines so I entered "192.168.1.3" for the host and "PSE6D76B" for Queue > > > filled in this way the URI line looks the closest to your suggestion > > > URI: ipp://192.168.1.3/PSE6D76tB. But it did not work. > > > > > > > > > > The next step is to enter "lpd://192.168.1.3/PSE6D76B" at the Device > > > > URI: prompt. From there it is just a matter of selecting your > > > > printer from the menu. > > > > > > > > As the last step, you will have to enter root as the user name and > > > > root's password for the password to save the new printer. > > > > > > > > Mikkel > > > > -- I can see now why I was not find the same uri that you were pointing to I was using System -> administration -> printing instead of Localhost:631, because when I did try I could never get past the user & PW, but the other way I have no problem the PW is OK. since going from the menu it only ask for PW and going from localhost:631 ask for user & PW, I suspect that I am entering a wrong user name. Is there way to find out the correct user name? > > > > > > > > In my experience the queue name is the same as the name of the printer. > > Where did you get the queue name: PSE6D76B ? > PSE6D76B came from the printer server when was installed in windows It is also in the printer server label > > Aaron Konstam telephone: (210) 656-0355 e-mail: akonstam@xxxxxxxxxxxxx -- fedora-list mailing list fedora-list@xxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe: https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-list
