Hello, On Jan 24 21:57 Paul Ollion wrote (shortened): > On Thursday 24 January 2008 11:07, Johannes Meixner wrote: > > On Jan 24 10:28 Paul Ollion wrote (shortened): ... > > > ... Epson stylus Color 1520 printer ... ... > > > It works nicely on a parallel connection, but it is provided vith an > > > Ethernet connection add on card C823623 ... ... > > Many printserver boxes and network printers have somewhat problematic > > implelentations of the LPD protocol (and for the IPP protocol > > it is even worse) ... ... > > It is recommended to use the simple TCP socket data transfer ... > > See for example our online manual (package suselinux-manual_en) > > "Network Printers" and "Network Printer Connections"
There is a typo: In openSUSE 10.2 the package name is opensuse-manual_en. > ... 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. These protocols are more or less basic network protocols (how raw data packages are transported via network). I was talking about higher level protocols in a TCP/IP network (how applications talk with each other via network). If you are interested in details, see for example http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/TCP/IP_model and http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/OSI_model Kind Regards Johannes Meixner -- SUSE LINUX Products GmbH, Maxfeldstrasse 5, 90409 Nuernberg, Germany AG Nuernberg, HRB 16746, GF: Markus Rex -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
