Re: accessing printserver
On (28/02/05 10:56), Matt Price wrote:
> hey folks,
>
> just bought a cheap SMC printserver/wireless router combination () for
> our home network. I'm trying to figure out how to configure CUPS to
> print to an attached printer (Brother hl-1440). of course the manual
> only talks about windows, so it's not very informative. Some quick
> googling suggests I need to use set a URL like the following in CUPS:
>
> lpd://192.168.2.1/L1
>
> where 192.168.2.1 is the router ip, and L1 is the name of a queue or
> something. Unfortunately this doesn't seem to work -- the printer
> sork of groans and tries to print, but nothing's actually emitted.
> Has anyone managed to set up some printer to work with some
> printserver -- and do you have any hints? Thanksm uch,
If it's designed for windows clients, it is likely to be using smb or
cifs protocol; you could try:
smb://192.168.2.1/L1
Regards
Clive
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