On 16/03/06, Clive Menzies <clive@clivemenzies.co.uk> wrote:
On (15/03/06 19:53), David R. Litwin wrote:
> I'm trying to print to my printer from Debian. The printer (an HP DeskJet
> 842C) is connected to the main computer which uses Windows XP Pro. I
> downloaded and installed the HPIJS driver from the HP sourceforge web-site.
> I now go to http://localhost:631 so that I can set up the printer and use
> it.
>
> I think the probem is less the error I got (*Unable to connect to CIFS host,
> will retry in 60 seconds*...*)* and more I don't know what the URI of the
> printer is. Or that I'm just a fool.
>
> Here is what I did to set up the printer.
>
> It asks for the name, location and description. I filled out HPDeskJet842C,
> Kitchen and HPDeskJet842C respectively.
> Next, it asks for the device. I choose the option Windows Printer via SAMBA.
> It then asks for the device URI. Here, I bellieve is the trouble. What is
> it? The Workgroup is WORKGROUP The main computer's name is LITWIN and the
> printer is HPDeskJet842C. So, I put in smb://LITWIN/HPDeskJet842C.
> I then select the make and model. That's it.
>
> I clicky then on Print Test Page.
>
> It says Printer State: processing, accepting jobs.
> *"Unable to connect to CIFS host, will retry in 60 seconds..."*
Have you tried putting up files for sharing on the XP system and checked
whether you can see them?
I've got smbclient and smbfs installed and mount file shares within
/etc/fstab
That was the first thing I tried. Using the programme SAMBA on KDE, I did see them. But, doing so with fstab would be infinitely more preferabe. How does one do this?
I also have the cifs module installed.
...The what? Perhaps this is the problem? lsmod makes no mention of CIFS.
Your printer setup via cups looks OK.
Well, that's good. The printer's address is also correct?