Hello All, Many thanks to Craig Sanders for some very valuable pointers. I have made some progress, but still not yet printing.
markt@AcerNotebook:~$ uname -a Linux AcerNotebook 3.2.0-4-686-pae #1 SMP Debian 3.2.68-1+deb7u1 i686 GNU/Linux markt@AcerNotebook:~$ dpkg --print-architecture i386 My first thoughts from the uname command was that I had installed 64 bit, but no, the dpkg results was very informative. I managed to get hold of a later CAPT package than prior, thanks Craig for several steps. I managed to unpack and finally managed to install. As they were not listed in the available packages, synaptic did not see, but I did find ways with dpkg, when they were eventually in the right place. Significant use of sudo and even "sudo su" to sort out. The next stumble was not permitted to do admin in CUPS, solved that by adding myself to both lp and lpadmin groups. I know the default IP address of the printer, and leaving at factory default. Not certain of protocols at the moment, need some advice in due course. Now I can ping the printer, and get to the printer by ftp, but not yet printing. For this, I have a direct network cable. I am also struggling with NetManager, it has merit on a portable computer where I am attaching to various networks, but it also provides a stumbling block for setting up a fixed point. Having the interfaces unmanaged is a way I have tried, but I do not yet know enough to cope that way, nor am I coping with the interfaces managed. I comprehend what networking is about, and a lot of the detail, but a lack of practical experience is leading to mistakes and errors. I have a small switch/hub, TP-LINK TL-SF1005D, and trying to go through that does not work at the moment. I may have a defective cable, will do some more testing in due course. The printer address is 192.168.0.215, and eth0 is the wired connection on the notebook and I set that to 192.168.0.150. I am not well up on then setting the netmask and the like and would appreciate some pointers. Currently the network has only the two devices and no internet connection, although I am considering adding a RPi as a gateway device for the analog modem. Getting back to the printer, I am attaching two text files, one ftp'd from the printer, the other /etc/cups/printer.conf and I would appreciate thoughts on the protocol, currently try to print a test page and get a "Unable to write print data: Broken pipe" message on the CUPS web page while monitoring the attempt to print a test page. I hope that describing some of what I have done is helpful to other newer users. I can nose around, but without reason to use and refresh, too much slips away. Approaching 60, I no longer learn quite like I did in my 20's. Regards, Mark Trickett
(Canon NB-EC2 Print Server V1.40 Jan 28 2008. S/N: 000085D2FBC2) Parameter settings: --- General Menu PS_NAME. : CANOND2FBC2 SYS_NAME. : SYS_LOC. : SYS_CONTACT. : SYS_CONTACT_TEL. : SYS_CONTACT_COMMENT. : SERVICE_MAN_NAME. : SERVICE_TEL. : SERVICE_COMMENT. : DISP_LANG. : Default (English, French, German, Italian, Spanish, Japanese, Default) ROOT_PWD. : NETWORK_SPEED. : AUTO_SENSE (AUTO_SENSE, 10_HALF_DX, 10_FULL_DX, 100_HALF_DX, 100_FULL_DX) SNMP_V1_ACCESS_ENB. : YES SNMP_V3_ACCESS_ENB. : NO PUB_COMMUNITY. : public SNMP_V1_ACCESS_MODE. : Read-Write (Read-Only, Read-Write) TCP_CONT_ENB. : NO TCP_CONT_MODE. : Accept (Accept, Reject) TCP_CONT_LIST. : SNMP_CONT_ENB. : NO SNMP_CONT_MODE. : Accept (Accept, Reject) SNMP_CONT_LIST. : SLP_CONT_ENB. : NO SLP_CONT_MODE. : Accept (Accept, Reject) SLP_CONT_LIST. : MAC_CONT_ENB. : NO MAC_CONT_MODE. : Accept (Accept, Reject) MAC_CONT_LIST. : SEC_LOG_ENB. : NO SEC_LOG_KIND. : 0 LINK_NAME1. : LINK_URL1. : LINK_COMMENT1. : LINK_NAME2. : LINK_URL2. : LINK_COMMENT2. : DOWNLOAD_SITE_NAME. : Download Service DOWNLOAD_SITE_URL. : http://www.canon.com/download/ DOWNLOAD_SITE_COMMENT. : Update network firmware --- TCP/IP Menu TCP_FRAME_TYPE. : Ethernet_II (Ethernet_II) G_ARP_ENB. : YES INT_ADDR. : 192 168 0 215 NET_MASK. : 0 0 0 0 DEF_ROUT. : 0 0 0 0 DHCP_ENB. : NO BOOTP_ENB. : NO RARP_ENB. : NO DNS_ADDR. : 0 0 0 0 DDNS_ENB. : NO HOST_NAME. : DOMAIN_NAME. : WINS_ENB. : YES WINS_ADDR1. : 0 0 0 0 WINS_HOSTNAME. : NBT_SCOPE_ID. : SNTP_ADDR. : SNTP_CHECK_INTERVAL. : 1hours (10min, 30min, 1hours, 3hours, 6hours, 12hours, 24hours) TIME_ZONE. : GMT (GMT-12:00, GMT-11:00, GMT-10:00, GMT-9:00, GMT-8:00, GMT-7:00, GMT-6:00, GMT-5:00, GMT-4:00, GMT-3:30, GMT-3:00, GMT-2:00, GMT-1:00, GMT, GMT+1:00, GMT+2:00, GMT+3:00, GMT+3_30, GMT+4:00, GMT+4:30, GMT+5:00, GMT+5:30, GMT+6:00, GMT+7:00, GMT+8:00, GMT+9:00, GMT+9:30, GMT+10:00, GMT+11:00, GMT+12:00) DAYLIGHT_SAVING. : NO SLP_ENB. : YES SLP_SCOPE. : default USE_IP_PORT_NAME. : NO
# Printer configuration file for CUPS v1.5.3 # Written by cupsd # DO NOT EDIT THIS FILE WHEN CUPSD IS RUNNING <Printer LPB5050N> UUID urn:uuid:9d5b8987-f1bb-3fd5-6634-b5d42baf5df9 Info Canon colour laser Location home MakeModel Canon LBP5050 CAPT (UK) DeviceURI socket://192.168.0.215 State Idle StateTime 1433812101 Type 8393868 Accepting Yes Shared Yes JobSheets none none QuotaPeriod 0 PageLimit 0 KLimit 0 OpPolicy default ErrorPolicy stop-printer Attribute marker-colors \#000000,#FFFF00,#FF00FF,#00FFFF Attribute marker-levels -1,-1,-1,-1 Attribute marker-names Black Toner Cartridge for LBP5050,Yellow Toner Cartridge for LBP5050,Magenta Toner Cartridge for LBP5050,Cyan Toner Cartridge for LBP5050 Attribute marker-types toner,toner,toner,toner Attribute marker-change-time 1433812100 </Printer> <DefaultPrinter PDF> UUID urn:uuid:b4161106-d7fa-31ea-55c2-cad9e026ee6e Info PDF MakeModel Generic CUPS-PDF Printer DeviceURI cups-pdf:/ State Idle StateTime 1433745537 Type 8450124 Accepting Yes Shared No JobSheets none none QuotaPeriod 0 PageLimit 0 KLimit 0 OpPolicy default ErrorPolicy stop-printer </Printer>
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