Re: setting up a network printer

[Doug <dmcgarrett@optonline.net>]

On 12/10/2010 04:16 AM, Camaleón wrote:
> On Thu, 09 Dec 2010 23:19:16 -0500, Rick Pasotto wrote:
>
> > How do I configure a HL-4150CDN Brother printer?
> >
> > I have installed the hl4150cdnlpr-1.1.1-5.i386.deb and
> > hl4150cdncupswrapper-1.1.1-5.i386.deb files from the Brother site.
> > http://localhost:631 finds the printer and the correct printer driver.
> >
> > What is the ip address for the printer?
> Quick and dirty: "cat /etc/cups/printers.conf | grep URI"
/snip/
 this does not produce an ip address, it produces the name of

the printer and the printer and the computer port it's connected to:

DeviceURI hp:/par/HP_LaserJet_2200?device=/dev/parport0

> > How do I tell lp to use it as the default?
> With "lp" you can select the printer to use (lp -d printer) but is a one-
> time option. You can set the default printer via CUPS web interface
> ("printers" tab / "set as default" button) or using command line tool
> ("lpoptions -d printer").
>
> > The print dialog in AbiWord sees the printer but when I send something
> > to it nothing prints (the job does show in the queue).
> Open CUPS web interface and look for any error in the printer status. You
> can try to restart CUPS service ("/etc/init.d/cups restart") and try to
> print again.
>
> Greetings,


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