Printing to a Linksys Wireless-G printserver from linux
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From: David Norris on 24 Sep 2005 07:13 Can anyone tell me how I can print from a Linux (Slackware 9) box to a wireless printserver (the model is WPS54GU2) using either the printer protocol (port 515) and/or the internet printing protocol (port 631). The services running are: PORT STATE SERVICE 21/tcp open ftp 23/tcp open telnet 79/tcp open finger 80/tcp open http 139/tcp open netbios-ssn 515/tcp open printer 631/tcp open ipp MAC Address: 00:0C:41:98:54:00 (The Linksys Group) As you can see, the services are there. But how can I set up Linux to print to this? The clients are in the 192.168.0.x subnet. Many thanks, David
From: Roger Leigh on 24 Sep 2005 11:52 David Norris <david_norris(a)fastmail.fm> writes: > Can anyone tell me how I can print from a Linux (Slackware 9) box to a > wireless printserver (the model is WPS54GU2) using either the printer > protocol (port 515) and/or the internet printing protocol (port 631). > > The services running are: > 515/tcp open printer > 631/tcp open ipp > MAC Address: 00:0C:41:98:54:00 (The Linksys Group) > > As you can see, the services are there. But how can I set up Linux to print > to this? You can easily send to the IPP port. You can a) print directly using the CUPS client binaries b) set up CUPS as a proxy server to forward jobs to the print server (probably more reliable) You just need to install CUPS and create a new queue using the ipp backend. You need to find out the queue names on the remote host; just point your web browser at port 631 and have a poke around. Regards, Roger -- Roger Leigh Printing on GNU/Linux? http://gimp-print.sourceforge.net/ Debian GNU/Linux http://www.debian.org/ GPG Public Key: 0x25BFB848. Please sign and encrypt your mail.
From: David Norris on 24 Sep 2005 16:09 Roger Leigh wrote: > David Norris <david_norris(a)fastmail.fm> writes: > >> Can anyone tell me how I can print from a Linux (Slackware 9) box to a >> wireless printserver (the model is WPS54GU2) using either the printer >> protocol (port 515) and/or the internet printing protocol (port 631). >> >> The services running are: >> 515/tcp open printer >> 631/tcp open ipp >> MAC Address: 00:0C:41:98:54:00 (The Linksys Group) >> >> As you can see, the services are there. But how can I set up Linux to >> print to this? > > You can easily send to the IPP port. You can > > a) print directly using the CUPS client binaries > b) set up CUPS as a proxy server to forward jobs to the print server > (probably more reliable) > > You just need to install CUPS and create a new queue using the ipp > backend. You need to find out the queue names on the remote host; > just point your web browser at port 631 and have a poke around. > > > Regards, > Roger > What I mean is whether the local Linux system cam print as a client to the server; by direct IPP connection to the server at 192.168.0.5 - the system I want to print from is a Slackware 9 system at 192.168.0.3. I do have CUPS installed. Be intrigued to find out how! (I am learning the Linux OS and I am impressed by it's performance and robustness - if only configuration of life's essentials were slightly easier!!) David
From: Mark Hobley on 24 Sep 2005 17:08 I don't have a Linksys, but I imagine its a similar technique to mine. Telnet your print server (or use a web browser, depending on your server) and determine the name of the print queue on the server. On my print server, I have the following: $ telnet pegasus Trying 192.168.1.28... Connected to pegasus.markhobley.yi.org. Server Name : pegasus Server Model : DP-100 Please Enter Password: [Main Menu] 5 - Display Information Enter Selection: 5 Server Name : pegasus Server Model : DP-100 MAC Address : 00 80 C8 BD 8A E3 IP Address : 192.168.1.28 Manual Subnet Mask : 255.255.255.0 Default Gateway: 0.0.0.0 PORT 1: Chooser Name : lucy Printer Type : LaserWriter PostScript Level : Level 2 Font Group : Standard 35 PORT 2: Chooser Name : samantha Printer Type : LaserWriter PostScript Level : Level 2 Font Group : Standard 35 My print queue is called "lucy" In CUPS device type: LPD/LPR Host or Printer device uri: lpd://pegasus/lucy Printer type: HP Laserjet series Regards, Mark. -- Mark Hobley 393 Quinton Road West QUINTON Birmingham B32 1QE Telephone: (0121) 247 1596 International: 0044 121 247 1596 Email: markhobley at hotpop dot donottypethisbit com http://markhobley.yi.org/
From: Roger Leigh on 24 Sep 2005 17:29
-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 David Norris <david_norris(a)fastmail.fm> writes: > What I mean is whether the local Linux system cam print as a client to the > server; by direct IPP connection to the server at 192.168.0.5 - the system > I want to print from is a Slackware 9 system at 192.168.0.3. > > I do have CUPS installed. Be intrigued to find out how! http://localhost:631 Add a printer, Device=ipp, Device URI=ipp://192.168.0.5/queuename (where queuename might be /queuename, /printers/queuename or /ipp/queuename or something else--it depends on the server) You might also need to install the appropriate PPD file if it's a PostScript printer, or else install the driver if it's not. Regards, Roger - -- Roger Leigh Printing on GNU/Linux? http://gimp-print.sourceforge.net/ Debian GNU/Linux http://www.debian.org/ GPG Public Key: 0x25BFB848. Please sign and encrypt your mail. -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.1 (GNU/Linux) Comment: Processed by Mailcrypt 3.5.8+ <http://mailcrypt.sourceforge.net/> iD8DBQFDNcUeVcFcaSW/uEgRAnVvAJ96Qt50G6OlRfRsPxCWjbltJuVFhwCeO9eH 2HmxGNeBaOtQWlfb1uhC99o= =DHBR -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- |