On Sun, Oct 05, 2014 at 10:03:51PM -0400, Fred Smith wrote: > off-list reply... Oops. I MEANT this to not go to the list since it h ad more questions than answers... > > Hi Kevin! > > On Sun, Oct 05, 2014 at 08:50:43PM -0400, Kevin Cummings wrote: > > My volleyball club just bought a new printer. > > Glad to see you're staying busy! > > > > > When I plugged my laptop into the USB cable, CUPS tried to auto-install > > it, but it failed. I saw multiple USB connects and disconnects in the > > log. The last log entries in every series were disconnects. The pop-up > > window claiming it was installing never went away, it just sat there. > > > > Next step, I googled the printer linux support, and found the canon > > linux print drivers. I downloaded > > cnijfilter-mg5500series-4.00-1-rpm.tar.gz from Canon, untarred it, and > > ran the install.sh script. After it finished, I can now print to the > > printer via USB cable. (MG5500USB printer added to my system.) > > > > Next step, I made sure the printer was connected to the correct wireless > > network. When I had, I can now print to the printer via AirPrint from > > my iPhone. > > > > Final step, I can't seem to make my laptop see the printer wirelessly. > > How can print to this printer without plugging into the USB cable? > > I've never used a wireless printer, I wonder if your wifi hardware has > to disconnect from whatever WAP it's talking to in order to connect to > the wireless printer? or is it (and the Linux drivers) a lot smarter > than I think? Do you have to set it up like any other WAP? or is it > magic? :) > > > -- > ---- Fred Smith -- fredex@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx ----------------------------- > I can do all things through Christ > who strengthens me. > ------------------------------ Philippians 4:13 ------------------------------- > -- > users mailing list > users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > To unsubscribe or change subscription options: > https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/users > Fedora Code of Conduct: http://fedoraproject.org/code-of-conduct > Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines > Have a question? Ask away: http://ask.fedoraproject.org -- ---- Fred Smith -- fredex@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx ----------------------------- I can do all things through Christ who strengthens me. ------------------------------ Philippians 4:13 ------------------------------- -- users mailing list users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe or change subscription options: https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/users Fedora Code of Conduct: http://fedoraproject.org/code-of-conduct Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines Have a question? Ask away: http://ask.fedoraproject.org
