On Thu, 10 Mar 2011 16:12:43 -0600 Aaron Konstam wrote: >> > I have tried that and it has not worked. Could you desctibe exactly how >> > you did that. Which option in the Add Printer GUI did you use and what >> > did you type there: >> > I have tried: ipp://hostname/printer/<printer queue name> >> > and that did not work.. > I don't remember explicitly, but I see the printer url is defined > ashttp://fedora.box.name:631. > > Of course, I just tried to get to the printer properties for > the first time in about a year, and XP is telling me it > can't do it, so now it is busted for me too (I know I printed > my taxes last year from this same XP box :-). I ran into similar sort of problem trying to get a WINXP virtual instance to print through the F14 host. It turned out to depend on how the printer is connected to the network. #1) Attached to a print server using cups/lpd/lpp Use the 'network printer' option in the Printer Wizard. For my HP-1320 LaserJet connected using an SMC one-port print server. The server interface in my case is http://192.168.1.11:631 and the device URI in the Fedora setup is lpd:192.168.1.11/dummy. The WinXP guest printer uses: http://192.168.1.11:631/PASSTHRU where PASSTHRU is the 'name' of the print server port. You end up with a TCPIP port 'named' http://192.168.1.11:631/PASSTHRU and a printer named 'unknown on http://192..' etc. (there seems to be no way to name this printer). *************************** #2 Attached to a print server using hplip or some other method. Do NOT use 'network printer': use 'Local Printer' and create a TCPIP port for this printer. Under Fedora this printer shows up as 'socket:192.168.1.12:9100' and the browser interface to the server is accessed directly with http://192.168.1.12. (Note: no port address) Since my HP LaserJet MFC 3055 uses tcpip port 9100, I created a port 9100 and configured the port settings to 'RAW' (not LPD). You can name this printer whatever you want. I suspect the same considerations apply for an external real WINXP as to the virtual instance. It 'sees' the printer in the same way, in either case. The only funny thing is that the 'Network Attached' printer, is installed as a 'Local Printer'. Yes that did take a while to figure out... You might have to turn on printer sharing on the Fedora printer, so that external hosts are allowed to 'see' the 'IP:631' cups port. Geoff. -- R. Geoffrey Newbury Barrister and Solicitor Suite 106, 150 Lakeshore Road West Mississauga, Ontario, L5H 3R2 o905-271-9600 f905-271-1638 newbury@xxxxxxxxxxxx -- 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
