Bug#715143: /usr/bin/lp: Printing to network device - shall be working

[patrick <patrick295767@gmail.com>]

Package: cups-client
Version: 1.4.4-7+squeeze1
Severity: normal
File: /usr/bin/lp

Hi,

Herewith the command that shall work. 

I know it is more work for you. You could really update it, or create a fork. 

I cannot help currently on cups, got too much work.

Sane CAN so SHALL CUPS too !! 2013 is our year. Network exists widely.



So, herewith what it shall work more with command:

 hp-makeuri 192.168.1.8

HP Linux Imaging and Printing System (ver. 3.10.6)
Device URI Creation Utility ver. 5.0

Copyright (c) 2001-9 Hewlett-Packard Development Company, LP
This software comes with ABSOLUTELY NO WARRANTY.
This is free software, and you are welcome to distribute it
under certain conditions. See COPYING file for more details.

CUPS URI: hp:/net/Officejet_4500_G510g-m?ip=192.168.1.8
SANE URI: hpaio:/net/Officejet_4500_G510g-m?ip=192.168.1.8
HP Fax URI: hpfax:/net/Officejet_4500_G510g-m?ip=192.168.1.8

Done.





lp -d  "hp:/net/Officejet_4500_G510g-m?ip=192.168.1.8"   plan.pdf
lp: The printer or class was not found.




Please make -d WORK as it should

thanks a lot





-- System Information:
Debian Release: 6.0.3
  APT prefers oldstable-updates
  APT policy: (500, 'oldstable-updates'), (500, 'oldstable')
Architecture: i386 (i686)

Kernel: Linux 2.6.32-5-686-bigmem (SMP w/2 CPU cores)
Locale: LANG=en_US.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=en_US.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8)
Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/dash

Versions of packages cups-client depends on:
ii  adduser                 3.112+nmu2       add and remove users and groups
ii  cups-common             1.4.4-7+squeeze1 Common UNIX Printing System(tm) - 
ii  libc6                   2.11.3-3         Embedded GNU C Library: Shared lib
ii  libcups2                1.4.4-7+squeeze1 Common UNIX Printing System(tm) - 
ii  libcupsimage2           1.4.4-7+squeeze1 Common UNIX Printing System(tm) - 
ii  zlib1g                  1:1.2.3.4.dfsg-3 compression library - runtime

cups-client recommends no packages.

Versions of packages cups-client suggests:
ii  cups                    1.4.4-7+squeeze1 Common UNIX Printing System(tm) - 
ii  cups-bsd                1.4.4-7+squeeze1 Common UNIX Printing System(tm) - 
pn  cups-pt                 <none>           (no description available)
pn  gtklp                   <none>           (no description available)
pn  kdeprint                <none>           (no description available)
pn  xpp                     <none>           (no description available)

-- no debconf information