On Mon, Aug 24, 2009 at 6:10 PM, Jeff Victor <[email protected]> wrote:
> Steven Acres wrote: > >> Jeff Victor wrote: >> >>> I am trying to print from OS 2009.06 to a network printer. I would use >>> either manual configuration of the printer's IP address or automatic >>> discovery, but can't figure out how to do either. The printer is an HP 7410. >>> >>> System -> Administration -> Print Manager seemed obvious, but manually >>> configuring an IP address for a network printer didn't work for LPD or IPP >>> methods. The icon associated with the local print queue said "Initializing" >>> forever. >>> >>> Print Manager -> Edit -> Preferences has a tab "Network Printers" which >>> seemed promising, though I don't know if the 7410 responds to SNMP. In any >>> case, various attempts failed. >>> >>> I thought this might help me: >>> http://wikis.sun.com/display/OpenSolarisInfo200906/How+Network+Printer+Discovery+Works. >>> It mentions a service network/device-discovery/printers:snmp but that >>> service is in maintenance mode. Its log ends in >>> >>> [ Aug 24 19:17:51 Executing start method >>> ("/lib/svc/method/svc-network-discovery start snmp"). ] >>> /usr/bin/dbus-send --system --print-reply --dest=org.freedesktop.Hal >>> --type=method_call /org/freedesktop/Hal/devices/network_attached >>> org.freedesktop.Hal.Device.NetworkDiscovery.EnablePrinterScanningViaSNMP >>> int32:60 string:public string:0.0.0.0 >>> Error org.freedesktop.DBus.Error.AccessDenied: Rejected send message, 1 >>> matched rules; type="method_call", sender=":1.21" (uid=0 pid=20330 comm=") >>> interface="org.freedesktop.Hal.Device.NetworkDiscovery" >>> member="EnablePrinterScanningViaSNMP" error name="(unset)" requested_reply=0 >>> destination="org.freedesktop.Hal" (uid=0 pid=743 comm=")) >>> [ Aug 24 19:17:51 Method "start" exited with status 1. ] >>> >>> which doesn't help me. Disabling and re-enabling it didn't help. >>> >>> Up until last week, this system (Tecra M9) was running S10 and was >>> printing to the printer via CUPS. If OS 2009.06 cannot print to this printer >>> natively, I will use CUPS again. I was just hoping that OS is ready for HP >>> printers. >>> >>> Do I need CUPS? >>> If not, how can I tell OS about my printer? >>> >>> Hi Jeff, >> >> I had a similiar issue yesterday, an HP 1200 laser printer which worked >> via cups. Then it didn't. A note: this problem occurred attempting to print >> _from_ a laptop running OSOL. This lappy is at times on one subnet (which is >> explicitly allowed via cups.conf on the server) and at times VPN connected >> (though it printed via this connex previously). I haven't hunted down the >> logs for the server yet to determine recent changes since it was more >> important to get the printing running. Bottom line: I explicitly set the >> subnet for the smallish set of clients needing to print via the cups.conf on >> the server; restarted cups @ server and voila: printing! Until I can narrow >> it down further (soon), this 'works for me' , hope it works for you. Of >> course this is an internal subnet. >> > Steven, > > Thanks for the response, but I don't think it will help. I don't have a > print server, so there's no place to set clients in cups.conf. I'm hoping > to avoid cups entirely. > Cups is a print server. Even if you are using a stand alone system, you will have the cupsd print server running. Have you manually tried using the cups port to configure your printer? When cups is running, visit this url in a web browser: http://localhost:631/ I personally had an hp7410, and I was using it on a linux client without issue, quite a while ago. I was either using foomatic, or hpijs for the print driver (I forgot which).
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