On December 4, 2011 04:19:10 PM TekBudda wrote: > Hi All, > > Having a challenge & hope someone can find the solution for me, because > like a pine tree in last Sunday's wind storm...I am stumped at this point. > > I recently connected an old HP LaserJet 6L to an external JetDirect box > & added it to the network. I assigned it a static IP of 192.168.7.11 & > looking at the details in WebJet Admin the other network stuff is fine. > > I can connect it via a Windows 7 machine, but I cannot seem to add it to > Lisa's computer which is running Unbuntu 11.04. > > I have tried adding it through the applet & by going to localhost:631. > I can add it & choose the drivers & all that good stuff. But when it > comes to printing a test page it just hangs in the queue. I have tried > a number of variations in adding it, but it doesn't seem to want to > print. I can ping the IP from both Windows & Linux & it sees the IP > address just fine with no lag on response times. I have tried to access > the JetDirect via a browser, but all I get is 503 Service Not Available. > > I know it does print, because I have printed from a windows box & it > recently printed from that same Linux box when installed as a local printer. > > Any ideas? > > You may need to specify the port number on the JetDirect box. I have a printer coonnected via parallel port 1 on a JetDirect EX Plus3 box at 192.168.0.101. The port URI number for Port 1 on that bo x is 9100.
In the linux printer configuration, I set it up as a local printer, with the local URI as "socket://192.168.0.101:9100" . All the computers on our home network can access it. Hope this helps Alastair _______________________________________________ clug-talk mailing list [email protected] http://clug.ca/mailman/listinfo/clug-talk_clug.ca Mailing List Guidelines (http://clug.ca/ml_guidelines.php) **Please remove these lines when replying
