On Wed, Apr 1, 2020, 00:23 Tomas Kuchta <tomas.kuchta.li...@gmail.com> wrote:
> As I said before, I do not have Chromebook, but in chrome > browser-settings-advanced-Printers > > It brings a dialogue which looks very much like customized cups frontend. > > There is also Google Cloud Print, which could be helpful. > > ... > -T > > On Wed, Apr 1, 2020, 00:13 Tomas Kuchta <tomas.kuchta.li...@gmail.com> > wrote: > > > Here are some links to try: > > http://localhost:631/admin > > http://localhost:631/printers > > > > I do not have a printer configured to find where in /etc/cups is the > > printer config. You probably do not have /etc/cups on the Chromebook > anyway. > > > > Hope it helps, > > -T > > > > On Tue, Mar 31, 2020, 23:56 Tomas Kuchta <tomas.kuchta.li...@gmail.com> > > wrote: > > > >> The setup pages are likely active pages - meaning - you are looking for > >> script or executable generating the HTML displayed by the browser. > >> > >> Without further digging (it is too late now), I am not sure what the > >> executable is - it is using template to format the page in : > >> /usr/share/cups/templates/admin.tmpl on my system. > >> > >> Tomas > >> > >> On Tue, Mar 31, 2020, 23:10 Michael Barnes <barnmich...@gmail.com> > wrote: > >> > >>> On Tue, Mar 31, 2020 at 1:35 PM Tomas Kuchta < > >>> tomas.kuchta.li...@gmail.com> > >>> wrote: > >>> > >>> > I am afraid that if cups http interface does not respond properly - > it > >>> will > >>> > likely not be able to be configured this way - most of the content is > >>> > active - not in files. > >>> > > >>> > In any case - you could always try to navigate to URLs as if they > >>> would be > >>> > on your desktop to list/add printers. > >>> > > >>> > Tomas > >>> > > >>> > On Tue, Mar 31, 2020, 01:09 Michael Barnes <barnmich...@gmail.com> > >>> wrote: > >>> > > >>> > > Still fighting printer problems. I tried going to the cups > management > >>> > page > >>> > > at localhost:631. I get the index page, but every line I click on > >>> brings > >>> > up > >>> > > a window that says "Not Found". Not much help. Where is it looking > fo > >>> > these > >>> > > files? I think I found some of them in > >>> /usr/share/cups/doc-root/help/ but > >>> > > that apparently is not where the website is looking for them. > >>> > > > >>> > > >>> . > >>> I think I understand that. What I can't figure out is how to navigate > to > >>> it. When I point my browser to localhost:631, where is it looking? > There > >>> has to be some kind of index.html or something to generate the main web > >>> page. There has to be some kind of source file. The links on that page > >>> for > >>> the various instructions point to localhost:631/help/<file>, but when I > >>> click on them, it says "Not Found". I have found the various files at > >>> /usr/share/cups/doc-root/help/ and I can point the browser at > >>> /usr/share/cups/doc-root/help/overview.html and read the page. However > >>> for > >>> actions like "Adding Printers and Classes" the link says > >>> localhost:631/admin. Like everything else, clicking on that returns > "Not > >>> Found". Admin has to be a file, link, command, something, but what and > >>> where? If I knew where it was, maybe I could find it, navigate to it, > and > >>> move on. > >>> It is looking like hplip is my main problem. Looking at my other > >>> computer, > >>> it looks like hplip isn't even installed, that it is only using cups. > >>> Maybe > >>> I need to remove hplip and just use cups. Maybe I need to reinstall > cups. > >>> If I can figure out how to do that. > >>> > >>> Michael > >>> _______________________________ > I'm not sure why people are talking about a Chromebook. I don't recall ever mentioning chromebook. I am running Mint 18.3 on an HP desktop I got from Free Geek about two years ago. Everything was working fine until I changed routers about six months ago and had to change the ip address for the printer. Nothing related to the printer has worked right since. Michael _______________________________________________ PLUG mailing list PLUG@pdxlinux.org http://lists.pdxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug
