Hi, since I'm going nowhere with my attempts at getting something printed on my new network printer (Samsung CLP550N) I'm pretty sure I am missing something simple (as is usually the case with P9 setup).
I have tried to get an understanding of how networked printers are meant to communicate, but googling gives me no really useful links. I have read about the LPD protocol, but that appears to be for queueing and spooling on a host machine. I have found lots of references to port 9100 and JetDirect, but no actual details of what that is and how the protocol works. Apparently some network printers allow FTP to pring, but the CLP550N just gives me connection disallowed. I added the printer as cpl550n into my /lib/ndb/local, and I can access it's web interface via port 80 fine and dandy. I have tried enabling tcp515 in /rc/bin/services on my auth/cpu/fossil/venti server (called prunelle) and added a line like this to my /sys/lib/lp/devices: clp550n robbys-room prunelle clp550n - post+600dpi generic lpdspool lpd - - FIFO Using that, I get some activity in the queue and log directories, but no printing. I'm guessing this is due to me actually not having said how to get to the printer proper. So, I tried something like this: clp550n robbys-room prunelle tcp!clp550n!9100 81920 post+600dpi generic generic generic generic tcppost FIFO But now I am getting timeouts from tcpostio; so my guess is that port 9100 isn't quite right or the protocol has shifted. Does anyone have any pointers as to where I could get some information on how to communicate with network printers. Something where I could telnet and try out stuff. (I does apparently talk IPP, but there have been discouraging remarks about that protocol in the past.) Or alternatively, has anyone got a Samsung CLP working and would like to let me know their setup details? Thank you for any help, Robby
