Re: printing on a remote usb printer

[Brian <ad44@cityscape.co.uk>]

On Thu 12 Dec 2019 at 18:50:04 +0100, Pierre Frenkiel wrote:

> On Thu, 12 Dec 2019, Brian wrote:
> 
> > Post what you get for 'lpstat -t' on server and client.
> 
> I only left entries for the involved printer

That's fine.

> on the server:
> 
>    scheduler is running
>    system default destination: ljp
>    device for ljp: hp:/usb/HP_LaserJet_MFP_M227-M231?serial=VNC3P21987
>    ljp accepting requests since Thu 12 Dec 2019 06:33:27 PM CET
>    printer ljp is idle.  enabled since Thu 12 Dec 2019 06:33:27 PM CET

This looks good. We take it that you can print from *the server*?
'lp -d ljp /etc/nsswitch.conf' saves you a bit of ink/toner.
 
> on the client:
> 
>    scheduler is running
>    system default destination: ljp
>    device for ljp: ipp://pfr2/printers/ljp

pfr2 is the hostname of the server? If so, that should be ok if the
client can resolve it. Try pfr2.local or the IP in the server URI.

>    ljp not accepting requests since Thu 12 Dec 2019 09:02:47 AM CET -
>       reason unknown

If in doubt, do 'cupsenable ljp' and 'cupsaccept ljp'

>    printer ljp is idle.  enabled since Thu 12 Dec 2019 09:02:47 AM CET
> 
>    I noticed, in/var/log/cups/error_log(server side)
>      Returning HTTP Forbidden for Get-Printer-Attributes (ipp://pfr2.local:631/printers/ljp) from 192.168.1.163
> 
>    and the client:
>       Returning IPP server-error-not-accepting-jobs for Create-Job (ipp://localhost/printers/ljp) from localhost.

Would you also do 'ippfind -T 5'? (-T 5 may not be needed).

-- 
Brian.