> OK so you are not sure what exactly the file does or what it is for other than> it is windows specific.>
I assume that all EXE files are Windows specific, yes.
> So maybe all that .exe does is change some configurations on a windows box so> the user doesn't have to do it manually.>
That is what I assume as well.
>> In KDE 3.5.0 I could enter the IP address of the router as the address>> of the print server and the printer worked fine. Not so in KDE 4.2.2.>> There was a utility in the Settungs menu category in kde3.5 that allowed you to> access the printers for configs and such. It was run with the command kcmshell> printers. It does not exist in kde4. I am guessing it hasn't been ported to qt4> yet. In its place you have direct access to the CUPs interface from a menu> selection.>> Kcmshell printer was just a pretty kde front end for interface to CUPs so if you> were configuring with that, and I'm thinking you were, than you need to> configure your cups interface on the client box to point to the print server.>
I now realize that this is in fact a CUPS issue and not a KDE issue.As I was configuring in KDE, I did not realize the difference untilrecently. Thanks.
> This is done in a file called /etc/cups/client.conf and all you need in that> file is a line with the IP address of the print server, e.g.>> ServerName 192.168.1.4>> That's all I need on my workstation to find the printserver.>> Is it possible for you to identify the ip of your print server, edit your> client.conf accordingly, then restart cups on your client to see if the server> is now found?>
I will find out soon enough! I do have the files from my last install,for which the printer worked fine. I will try to recover those filesand move them to my new KDE 4 based system. Thanks.
> If so then it is not specifically a kde problem other than there is no "kde" way> to set up the configuration and to my way of thinking it will be a matter of> either finding a way to give the d-link a fixed ip or else writing a script> that will identify the print server's ip each time the work station start and> edits the client.conf file befor cups starts up. Perhaps there is already a way> to do this. I'm sure you are not the first person with a print server on a dhcp> network that needs to ties the printserver to a post.>
If I do not manage with this then I will take it to the CUPS supportchannels. In any case I will report back here to help archive diggerswho may find themselves in a similar situation.
Thanks.
-- Dotan Cohen
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