[GRLUG] Print Server on Fedora 15

[Eric Beversluis]

On Wed, 2012-01-18 at 18:07 -0500, Eric Beversluis wrote:
> I've got a new Trendnet TE100-P1U print server. I've got it working in
> Windows and am now trying to get it working on my Fedora 15 box.
> 
> cups (localhost:631/admin/)=> Add Printer =>Discovered Network Printers:
> PS-742289-U1 => I selected the PS-... and Continue => I entered name,
> location and cups had the Connection:
> Name: Brother-HL1440-Network
> Location: Trendnet Networked Server
> Connection: dnssd://PS-742289-U1._printer._tcp.local/
> =>Next:
> Shows these drivers for Brother HL-1440:
> Brother HL-1440 -CUPS + Gutenprint v5.2.5 (en)
> Brother HL-1440 -CUPS + Gutenprint v5.2.7 Simplified (en)
> Brother HL-1440 Foomatic/hl1250 (en)
> Brother HL-1440 Foomatic/hpijs-pcl5e(en)
> Brother HL-1440 Foomatic/lj4dith (en)
> Brother HL-1440 Foomatic/ljet4 (en)
> 
> Selected Foomatic/hl1250 (en) and continued. Printer shows as installed
> and shows up as an option in gedit, but then the job hangs at
> "Connecting to printer...".
> 
> I selected the hl1250 driver because that's what is working for the
> USB-installation on the Fedora box. Should I be selecting a different
> driver? Or am I missing something else? Cups seems to see the connection
> ("Connection: dnssd://PS-742289-U1._printer._tcp.local/") but not able
> to make the connection, or something like that. There doesn't seem any
> place in the setup for me to enter the IP address of the server.
> 
> Deleted printer and re-installed, using "Gutenprint v5.2.5 (en). Same
> result: print job hangs at "Connecting to printer..."
> 
> Modified printer--added "Description": Brother HL-1440-Network.
> 
> Same result: not connecting to the printer.
> 
> What am I missing?
> 
> Thanks.
I went into system-config-printer, clicked on the Brother-HL1440-Network
icon (which had a !-warning triangle) and then to "Server" menu and
clicked "Connect." This removed the warning from the network HL icon.
Went back into Trendnet config screen and disabled the "alt port:81"
setting. This didn't help with printing.
Went into printer settings ->Device URI -> Change. Then selected
"LPD/LPR Host or  Printer" and entered the "Location of the LPD network
printer" (192.168.2.105). I was then able to print the test page from
the Cups dialog.
Also successfully printed from gedit.
The " dnssd://PS-742289-U1._printer._tcp.local/" connection on the
cups/administration page for the network HL1440 has been replaced by
'lpd://192.168.2.105".  It seems to work, but it's not clear why, or
whether this is the "best" arrangement.

Experiment: in cups went to modify printer; selected "ipp" and entered
"socket://192.168.2.105", leaving the default port at 9100. This worked
too.

So there's something misleading about the "Discovered Network Printer"
and the assumption that one should select it in the setup process.



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