Re: CUPS in stretch Ricoh printer SP112 SP112-su
On Tue 31 Jan 2017 at 07:54:11 +0900, Mark Fletcher wrote:
> On Mon, Jan 30, 2017 at 10:47:24PM +0100, roba@openmailbox.org wrote:
> > I used to try and set up a printer through localhost:631 in Jessie but now
> > in stretch it is impossible. I foung some link about /etc/hosts.allow and
> > deny and tried a few things but still no luck. Maybe I am not using the
> > correct statement and tried localhost and 127.0.0.1 but still no luck.
> > And this is for trying to plug a ppd that was hacked from an other Ricoh
> > printer to fit an SP112 SP112-su
> > I figured what did not work for jessie may work for stretch
> > I had gotten the same printer to work on an other machine with jessie
> > somewhere around 8.5 but not on this one.
> >
> > Any suggestions on how to reach the blocked :631 link?
> >
>
> Potentially stupid question -- are you sure the URL is blocked and it's
> not simply that CUPS is not running?
It doesn't really matter. Ricoh has the SP 112 down as using the DDST
(whatever that stands for) language to communicate with the device. It
needs a host-based driver on the computer. It is very doubtful there is
a free one in Debian.
--
Brian.
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