Re: accessing printserver

From: Clive Menzies (clive_at_clivemenzies.co.uk)
Date: 02/28/05

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    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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