On Thursday 24 January 2008 11:07, Johannes Meixner wrote: > Hello, > > On Jan 24 10:28 Paul Ollion wrote (shortened): > > I hope I am not OT with this question : > > [email protected] is right for printing stuff. > > > I have been given an Epson stylus Color 1520 printer, which is very > > interesting since it can accept larger sizes of paper. > > It works nicely on a parallel connection, but it is provided vith an > > Ethernet connection add on card C823623 but I do not have the manual for > > this card and I do not know its default address and do not know how to > > change it. There is just a Mac address on the card. > > Is it possible to make this card work ? > > It depends on which generic protocols the card supports > so that data can be sent via the card to the printing unit. > > Many printserver boxes and network printers have somewhat problematic > implelentations of the LPD protocol (and for the IPP protocol > it is even worse) and then the CUPS lpd backend (or IPP backend) > fails to communicate correctly with such a device. > > It is recommended to use the simple TCP socket data transfer if it is > supported by the printserver box / network printer because usually > there is no need for a complicated protocol (LPD - or even IPP) > for only the plain data transfer to a network printer. > > Look for the ports at your printserver box / network printer > (often it is port 9100 - in particular for HP network printers) > and read your printserver box or network printer manual > or use "nmap" to scan it for ports. > > See for example our online manual (package suselinux-manual_en) > "Network Printers" and "Network Printer Connections" > and for some general information have a look at > http://www.cups.org/documentation.php/network.html > and > http://en.opensuse.org/SDB:CUPS_in_a_Nutshell > (in particular see the "The Backends" section). > > > I asked on an Epson technical list but they said they did not know and > > they would be interested to know if anyone found a sulution on a linux > > list. > > If their card supports at least one generic protocol, > it doesn't matter which operating system is used to send > data via the card to the printing unit. > > But if their card supports only whatever weird stuff which > works only with their software for whatever weird system... > See for such a bad example > http://www.cups.org/str.php?L2185
Thanks all of you for your fast and helpful answers. I was lucky enough to find a button at the back of the card, as Ken mentioned, and when I pressed it, the printer issued two sheets with all the information needed : IP addresses, Mac, and the various useable protocols. That are : Netware - TCP/IP - Apple talk - NetBEUI - SNNP. I have not yet succeeded to print with it through network, but I will have more time In a few days to investigate all the possibilities you were kind enough to suggest. Thanks again, i was never disappointed when asking this list. -- Paul Ollion Proud Linux user SuSE 10.2 -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
