Thanks Dean/Ben and others. I've learned more about printer setup/management and now have installed nmap and zenmap and are learning to use them. Turned out that the problem was that the printer was setup with a static network info: 255.255.0.0/192.168.1.1/192.168.1.6 while my network was 255.255.255.0/192.168.0.1 so when I changed the gateway etc. of printer to correspond to that of my LAN I was able to ping the printer and not long after had it configured and working. :D
David On Tue, Sep 22, 2009 at 4:33 PM, Ben Francis <[email protected]> wrote: > This is a resend with corrected info: > > David, > > The nmap scan from Dean is a great idea. > > To answer your questions, > > The correct telnet command is > > $ telnet 192.168.1.6 *9100* (corrected. 631 is the port the server > listens on) > > Your server should be the print server, not one of the thin clients, i.e. > plug the printer straight into your hub with an ethernet cable and use the > "sudo system-config-printer" to connect to it. Then publish shared printers > using Server -> Settings. > > Good luck. > > Ben > > Ref: http://help.ubuntu.com/community/NetworkPrintingWithUbuntu > > On Tue, Sep 22, 2009 at 2:32 PM, Dean Mumby <[email protected]> wrote: > >> ok then I would suggest running an nmap scan against the printer and see >> if things are working >> >> nmap xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx the ip of the server you should see it listening on >> port 9100 if not check the config of the printer via its web interface and >> make sure that the services are running >> >> good luck >> >> >> -- >> Regards >> Dean Mumby >> >> >> ----- Original Message ----- >> From: "David Groos" <[email protected]> >> To: "Dean Mumby" <[email protected]> >> Cc: "Edubuntu Users Group" <[email protected]>, "Ben >> Francis" <[email protected]> >> Sent: Tuesday, 22 September, 2009 8:07:48 PM >> Subject: Re: Printer on thin client network--says it's working but isn't >> >> Hi Dean, >> >> Thanks for your suggestion. It sounds like you are giving directions to >> run the printer on the network THROUGH a local connection to a computer on >> the network--a thin client in this case. This gets me back to one of my >> main confusions--there is lots of documentation that says you have to set up >> your printer this way, locally connected to the server or to a client on the >> LAN. Other info (fewer pages I've found) tells how to connect the printer >> to the LAN directly (through a switch). I want to connect this old HP 8000 >> directly to the LAN, not through another computer. Has anyone else had this >> issue? >> >> Thanks, >> David >> >> On Tue, Sep 22, 2009 at 10:11 AM, Dean Mumby <[email protected]> wrote: >> >>> >>> ----- Original Message ----- >>> From: "David Groos" <[email protected]> >>> To: "Ben Francis" <[email protected]> >>> Cc: "Edubuntu Users Group" <[email protected]> >>> Sent: Tuesday, 22 September, 2009 3:55:37 PM >>> Subject: Re: Printer on thin client network--says it's working but isn't >>> >>> Ben, >>> >>> On Mon, Sep 21, 2009 at 10:07 PM, Ben Francis <[email protected]>wrote: >>> >>>> David, >>>> Is ICMP disabled? It would explain being able to receive an IP but >>>> unable to ping. >>>> >>> Not sure. I'll investigate the topic this evening. >>> >>>> >>>> $ telnet <printer ip> <printer port> >>>> >>>> is a way to test. HP network printers have telnet built in. >>>> >>> When I try 192.168.1.6 (IP of printer) it hangs at "Trying >>> 192.168.1.6..." >>> When I try 192.168.1.9100 or 192.168.1.6:631 I get, "nodename nor >>> servname provided, or not known". >>> >>>> >>>> By the way, is 192.168.0.1 the IP of the server or the printer? It seems >>>> like a server address to me. >>>> >>> It is the server... do I have something backwards? >>> >>> you need the ip address of the thin client , the best way is to make a >>> static entry in the >>> /et/ltsp/dhcp.conf for the mac address of the thin client >>> then in the lts.conf (either /opt/ltsp/i386/etc/lts.conf or >>> /var/lib/tftboot/) you need to create a mac address entry for the thin >>> client specifying the printer port , either usb or lpt >>> >>> I would then advise creating an active shell in the thin client , >>> >>> sudo chroot /opt/ltsp/i386/ >>> apt-get install openssh-server >>> then run passwd and create a password >>> then update you image >>> >>> once you have rebooted you should be able to ssh in to the thin client >>> and run netstat -an | grep tcp and see the printer server listening on port >>> 9100 >>> >>> then try again. >>> >>> I hope this heklps as is acurate >>> >> >>> dean >>> >>> You should be able to set a static IP address on the printer through >>>> telnet<http://www.cd-mp3.net/articles/18487-How-Do-You-Telnet-Into-HP-Printer.html> >>>> or >>>> the printer's menu. >>>> >>> >>> >>>> >>>> Your project is great. Good luck. >>>> >>> Thanks Ben--while it's true that I am leading this charge, it really is a >>> team effort--thanks to all those who have helped/are helping/will help pull >>> this project out of technological mud holes! >>> >>> David >>> >>>> >>>> Ben >>>> >>>> On Mon, Sep 21, 2009 at 9:07 PM, David Groos <[email protected]> wrote: >>>> >>>>> Still no luck. While sitting in front of the Jaunty thin client server >>>>> (virtually) I can't ping the printer. However, it appears the printer is >>>>> getting an ip from the server. This doesn't make sense. >>>>> >>>>> Any ideas? I really need to get this printer working. >>>>> >>>>> Thanks, >>>>> David >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> On Thu, Sep 10, 2009 at 8:34 AM, David Groos <[email protected]>wrote: >>>>> >>>>>> Hi All, >>>>>> >>>>>> The server seems to be working great, booting 18 thin clients easily. >>>>>> The thin clients run Firefox 3.5 and CmapTools as local apps. iTALC and >>>>>> Sabayon working well. Lots of joy here :) >>>>>> >>>>>> The issue I'm encountering is I can't get the printers to print on the >>>>>> LAN. I've googled, explored, googled and explored more. >>>>>> >>>>>> The cupsd.conf setting are shown below. In the printing control panel >>>>>> I've set the Device URI to socket://localhost:631 (and tried typing in >>>>>> 192.168.0.1 in place of localhost, and lpd in place of socket). It >>>>>> appears >>>>>> that the printer is working with the message: "processing - printer is >>>>>> now >>>>>> on-line" nonetheless, nothing prints. Any thoughts? >>>>>> >>>>>> Thanks, >>>>>> David >>>>>> >>>>>> CUPSD.CONF SETTINGS: >>>>>> LogLevel info >>>>>> SystemGroup lpadmin >>>>>> # Allow remote access >>>>>> Port 631 >>>>>> Listen /var/run/cups/cups.sock >>>>>> # Enable printer sharing and shared printers. >>>>>> Browsing On >>>>>> BrowseOrder allow,deny >>>>>> BrowseAllow all >>>>>> BrowseAddress @LOCAL >>>>>> DefaultAuthType Basic >>>>>> <Location /> >>>>>> # Allow shared printing... >>>>>> Order allow,deny >>>>>> Allow @LOCAL >>>>>> </Location> >>>>>> <Location /admin> >>>>>> Encryption Required >>>>>> # Restrict access to the admin pages... >>>>>> Order allow,deny >>>>>> </Location> >>>>>> <Location /admin/conf> >>>>>> AuthType Default >>>>>> Require user @SYSTEM >>>>>> # Restrict access to the configuration files... >>>>>> Order allow,deny >>>>>> </Location> >>>>>> <Policy default> >>>>>> <Limit Send-Document Send-URI Hold-Job Release-Job Restart-Job >>>>>> Purge-Jobs Set-Job-Attributes Create-Job-Subscription Renew-Subscription >>>>>> Cancel-Subscription Get-Notifications Reprocess-Job Cancel-Current-Job >>>>>> Suspend-Current-Job Resume-Job CUPS-Move-Job> >>>>>> Require user @OWNER @SYSTEM >>>>>> Order deny,allow >>>>>> </Limit> >>>>>> <Limit CUPS-Add-Modify-Printer CUPS-Delete-Printer >>>>>> CUPS-Add-Modify-Class CUPS-Delete-Class CUPS-Set-Default> >>>>>> AuthType Default >>>>>> Require user @SYSTEM >>>>>> Order deny,allow >>>>>> </Limit> >>>>>> <Limit Pause-Printer Resume-Printer Enable-Printer Disable-Printer >>>>>> Pause-Printer-After-Current-Job Hold-New-Jobs Release-Held-New-Jobs >>>>>> Deactivate-Printer Activate-Printer Restart-Printer Shutdown-Printer >>>>>> Startup-Printer Promote-Job Schedule-Job-After CUPS-Accept-Jobs >>>>>> CUPS-Reject-Jobs> >>>>>> AuthType Default >>>>>> Require user @SYSTEM >>>>>> Order deny,allow >>>>>> </Limit> >>>>>> <Limit Cancel-Job CUPS-Authenticate-Job> >>>>>> Require user @OWNER @SYSTEM >>>>>> Order deny,allow >>>>>> </Limit> >>>>>> <Limit All> >>>>>> Order deny,allow >>>>>> </Limit> >>>>>> </Policy> >>>>>> MaxLogSize 2000000 >>>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> -- >>>>> edubuntu-users mailing list >>>>> [email protected] >>>>> Modify settings or unsubscribe at: >>>>> https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/edubuntu-users >>>>> >>>>> >>>> >>>> -- >>>> edubuntu-users mailing list >>>> [email protected] >>>> Modify settings or unsubscribe at: >>>> https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/edubuntu-users >>>> >>>> >>> >>> -- >>> edubuntu-users mailing list >>> [email protected] >>> Modify settings or unsubscribe at: >>> https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/edubuntu-users >>> >> >> > > -- > edubuntu-users mailing list > [email protected] > Modify settings or unsubscribe at: > https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/edubuntu-users > >
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