It is indeed a network printer. Actually it's an HP Laserjet 6P connected to a Netgear PS110 print server which has IP address 192.168.1.160. I can print to it just fine from my other machines, which access it as a Unix LPD printer and do not use CUPS. I know you will want more details, I'll post them tonight when I'm home with the printer. I'm hoping you have seen this error before and know the fix. The cups.org FAQ does not seem to have an answer for this one, although I suspect it's a common problem.
Thanks
Robert L. Cochran
-----Original Message-----
From: Robert P. J. Day [mailto:rpjday@mindspring.com]
Sent: Wednesday, October 23, 2002 12:08 PM
To: 'psyche-list@redhat.com'
Subject: Re: CUPS Configuration Errors: LaserJet@localhost Problems
On Wed, 23 Oct 2002, Cochran Robert L (NO) wrote:
> When I configure CUPS printing from http://localhost:631/admin , I'm able to
> get a beautiful test page to print on my Laserjet. To access the web page,
> by the way, I have do so as root and give the root password.
>
> When I try to submit a job to print via CUPS to this printer as an ordinary
> user, I'm given errors on printer 'Laserjet@localhost'. Specifically that
> localhost doesn't exist as a file or a directory. I also get a stream of
> messages to the effect that I should make sure that this user has permission
> to access localhost.
>
> This also occurs when I use the rawhide versions of
> redhat-config-printer/redhat-config-printer-gui which are updated to allow
> CUPS IPP printing. I get a nice error dialog box with the same messages.
>
> The machine is a laptop hooked into my LAN.
>
> /etc/hosts on this machine does list localhost.localdomain as 127.0.0.1 with
> the alias localhost.
>
> The nameserver has entries pointing to the printer's IP address.
i'm confused. most of your posting implies that you're talking about
a local printer (parallel port maybe?), but your last sentence refers
to the printer's IP address, suggesting a network printer.
what's going on here?
rday
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