On Fri, Jun 11, 2010 at 3:21 PM, Jim <mickeyboa@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > On 06/11/2010 02:46 PM, Richard Shaw wrote: >> I have an HP Photosmart C5580 connected to my desktop in the office I >> have shared under both Fedora 12& 13. The printer queue usually gets >> detected by my wife's laptop after I poke the proper holes in both >> firewalls. >> >> I'm not sure what the problem is but it has happened under both F12& >> F13. At times her laptop randomly can't see the auto-discovered >> printer queue. My computer stays on all the time (it's the BackupPC >> server as well) and she shuts hers down every night (no hibernating). >> >> This morning (although I have noticed this behavior before) I tried to >> add the printer manually and opened up system-config-printer and tried >> to add it as an IPP printer. I typed in the hostname of my desktop but >> the "Verify" or whatever button would never enable. >> >> I backed out and just chose the more generic option for finding a >> network printer and typed in the host name and it worked on the first >> try. On the verification step it showed it found it as an IPP printer. >> >> So some questions: >> Why does printer queue autodiscovery seem a bit flaky? >> Is the fact I could not add the queue under the IPP option a bug in >> system-config-printer? >> >> Thanks, >> Richard >> > Is your printer setup like this ? Fedora 12 network settings > > lpd://172.16.1.35/PASSTHRU (using your own IP address) No, it's connected through IPP: ipp://hobbes.localdomain:631/printers/Photosmart-C5500-series Richard -- users mailing list users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe or change subscription options: https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/users Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines
