Re: [gentoo-user] Sharing printers via Cups

2021-02-14 Thread Michael
On Sunday, 14 February 2021 06:43:55 GMT Dan Egli wrote: > On 2/12/2021 4:00 AM, Michael wrote: > > D [11/Feb/2021:13:08:36 -0700] [Job 11] hpcups > > (application/vnd.cups-raster to printer/ENVY, cost 0) > > > > This is the hplip printer driver in action, using a MIME format for CUPS > > to

Re: [gentoo-user] Sharing printers via Cups

2021-02-14 Thread Michael
On Saturday, 13 February 2021 22:11:49 GMT Grant Taylor wrote: > On 2/12/21 4:00 AM, Michael wrote: > > Samba uses the native MSWindows 'Active Directory Domain Services' > > over TCP port 445 to resolve IP addresses when printing over Samba. > > I question the veracity of this. > > My

Re: [gentoo-user] Sharing printers via Cups

2021-02-13 Thread Dan Egli
On 2/12/2021 4:00 AM, Michael wrote: [snip] Then we have this on line 292: D [11/Feb/2021:13:08:36 -0700] [Job 11] hpcups (application/vnd.cups-raster to printer/ENVY, cost 0) This is the hplip printer driver in action, using a MIME format for CUPS to transmit and print raster imaged pages.

Re: [gentoo-user] Sharing printers via Cups

2021-02-13 Thread Grant Taylor
On 2/12/21 4:00 AM, Michael wrote: Samba uses the native MSWindows 'Active Directory Domain Services' over TCP port 445 to resolve IP addresses when printing over Samba. I question the veracity of this. My understanding is that name to ip resolution, particularly in Active Directory

Re: [gentoo-user] Sharing printers via Cups

2021-02-12 Thread Michael
On Thursday, 11 February 2021 20:32:47 GMT Dan Egli wrote: > On 2/11/2021 7:05 AM, Michael wrote: > > On Wednesday, 10 February 2021 23:03:18 GMT Dan Egli wrote: > >> On 2/10/2021 4:30 AM, Michael wrote: > >>> This is how I understand the printing process ought to work in your use > >>> case: >

Re: [gentoo-user] Sharing printers via Cups

2021-02-11 Thread Dan Egli
On 2/11/2021 7:05 AM, Michael wrote: On Wednesday, 10 February 2021 23:03:18 GMT Dan Egli wrote: On 2/10/2021 4:30 AM, Michael wrote: This is how I understand the printing process ought to work in your use case: The Samba server, Athena, will use the MSWindows Network Printer identified as

Re: [gentoo-user] Sharing printers via Cups

2021-02-11 Thread Michael
On Wednesday, 10 February 2021 23:03:18 GMT Dan Egli wrote: > On 2/10/2021 4:30 AM, Michael wrote: > > This is how I understand the printing process ought to work in your use > > case: > > > > The Samba server, Athena, will use the MSWindows Network Printer > > identified as "Windows Printer via

Re: [gentoo-user] Sharing printers via Cups

2021-02-10 Thread Dan Egli
On 2/10/2021 4:30 AM, Michael wrote: On Tuesday, 9 February 2021 19:23:41 GMT you wrote: On 2/9/2021 3:20 AM, Michael wrote: Actually tried that. Got LPD installed, sent a test page. Test page appeared in the Windows Queue, then disappeared without any acknowledgement from the printer. This

Re: [gentoo-user] Sharing printers via Cups

2021-02-10 Thread Michael
On Tuesday, 9 February 2021 19:23:41 GMT you wrote: > On 2/9/2021 3:20 AM, Michael wrote: > >> Actually tried that. Got LPD installed, sent a test page. Test page > >> appeared in the Windows Queue, then disappeared without any > >> acknowledgement from the printer. > > > > This would need some

Re: [gentoo-user] Sharing printers via Cups

2021-02-09 Thread Dan Egli
On 2/9/2021 3:20 AM, Michael wrote: Actually tried that. Got LPD installed, sent a test page. Test page appeared in the Windows Queue, then disappeared without any acknowledgement from the printer. This would need some troubleshooting/configuring on the Windows end. It's a long time ago I

Re: [gentoo-user] Sharing printers via Cups

2021-02-09 Thread Michael
On Tuesday, 9 February 2021 00:59:01 GMT Dan Egli wrote: > On 2/8/2021 5:01 PM, Michael wrote: > > On Monday, 8 February 2021 19:08:11 GMT Dan Egli wrote: > >> On 2/8/2021 2:14 AM, Wols Lists wrote: > >>> This is typical. In my linux setup, the printer is always busy. Stuff > >>> still prints

Re: [gentoo-user] Sharing printers via Cups

2021-02-08 Thread Dan Egli
On 2/8/2021 5:01 PM, Michael wrote: On Monday, 8 February 2021 19:08:11 GMT Dan Egli wrote: On 2/8/2021 2:14 AM, Wols Lists wrote: This is typical. In my linux setup, the printer is always busy. Stuff still prints fine, though. Mine won't print. Says the printer is busy, and nothing else

Re: [gentoo-user] Sharing printers via Cups

2021-02-08 Thread Michael
On Monday, 8 February 2021 19:08:11 GMT Dan Egli wrote: > On 2/8/2021 2:14 AM, Wols Lists wrote: > > This is typical. In my linux setup, the printer is always busy. Stuff > > still prints fine, though. > > Mine won't print. Says the printer is busy, and nothing else happens. It > just sits there.

Re: [gentoo-user] Sharing printers via Cups

2021-02-08 Thread Dan Egli
On 2/8/2021 2:14 AM, Wols Lists wrote: This is typical. In my linux setup, the printer is always busy. Stuff still prints fine, though. Mine won't print. Says the printer is busy, and nothing else happens. It just sits there. Let me give better names because even I can get confused. So, we

Re: [gentoo-user] Sharing printers via Cups

2021-02-08 Thread Wols Lists
On 08/02/21 05:40, Dan Egli wrote: > Hey folks, I'm a bit lost on this, so I hope you can help me out. Dunno how much help I'll be ... > > I have a computer I want to act as the central print server for a > network. It would spool all jobs for all printers, and send them out to > the actual

[gentoo-user] Sharing printers via Cups

2021-02-07 Thread Dan Egli
Hey folks, I'm a bit lost on this, so I hope you can help me out. I have a computer I want to act as the central print server for a network. It would spool all jobs for all printers, and send them out to the actual computers the printers are connected to, or to the printer itself in the event