On 06/11/2010 05:00 PM, Richard Shaw wrote: > 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 > Yeah that's the same procedure I tried and had problems with it. All my Computers including a wireless Asus 10 inch mini can print to mine. -- 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
