A bit strange, but yes, I now have the cups.sock interface, but I have a catch 22 that prevents remote printer setup. As a user, you do not have sufficient to generate ppd files for this printer at home (normal HP Laserjet 4). In administrator mode, after selecting the printer and pressing 'Next' the select printer driver page loads, but the Manufacturer List and Printer List are blank -- nada....
Have a look:
That's one I can't explain. (1) user sees manufacturer and printers, but can't gen the ppd, (2) root just can't see the printer in order to be able to generate the ppd file. (God I miss the days of just selecting the PPD instead of a autogenerate on the fly scheme...)
Any thoughts?
Share the exact steps.
That you see a list of available printers probably means CUPS is configured correctly.
My printer is connected as a network device. After you share the exact steps I'll try to duplicate here.
Darrell
On 01/30/2014 07:44 PM, Darrell Anderson wrote:
Share the exact steps.
That you see a list of available printers probably means CUPS is configured correctly.
My printer is connected as a network device. After you share the exact steps I'll try to duplicate here.
Darrell
Open Start Menu -> Print System -> Print Manager (or use kcontol)
**Administrator Mode** Add Printer/Class (Wizard Appears) Remote CUPS Server (IPP/HTTP) -> Next Normal user: david/pw -> Next Host: nirvana/Port: 631 -> Next Choose Printer: LaserJet -> Next 'Printer Model Selection' (2-pane window) Manufacturer on Rt. Model on Lt. You see momentary 'Loading....' in Lt. window, then nothing, both panes blank Cancel/Cancel can't go any further
**Normal Mode** Add Printer/Class (Wizard Appears) Remote CUPS Server (IPP/HTTP) -> Next Normal user: david/pw -> Next Host: nirvana/Port: 631 -> Next Choose Printer: LaserJet -> Next 'Printer Model Selection' (2-pane window) Manufacturer on Rt. Model on Lt. Choose: Manuf->HP Model->Laserjet 4 -> Next Choose: HP Laserjet 4 (Foomatic + hplip) [recommended] -> Next Error Dialog: Unable to load the requested driver: Unable to create the Foomatic driver [HP-LaserJet_4,hplip]. Either that driver does not exist, or you don't have the required permissions to perform that operation. Now on 'Printer Test' Page after error [Test] - It prints! (top margin a bit off, but it prints) Finish with Name Printer, etc. and printer added to kprinter dialog.
$ lpstat -a HPLaserjet4 accepting request since Sat 01 Feb 2014 05:28:39 PM CST
Test printing from kwrite - OK
So I do get a working printer installed, I just get a Error Dialog telling me it isn't going to work... That's a new one. Any thoughts?
On 02/01/2014 05:32 PM, David C. Rankin wrote:
On 01/30/2014 07:44 PM, Darrell Anderson wrote:
Share the exact steps.
That you see a list of available printers probably means CUPS is configured correctly.
My printer is connected as a network device. After you share the exact steps I'll try to duplicate here.
Darrell
Open Start Menu -> Print System -> Print Manager (or use kcontol)
**Administrator Mode** Add Printer/Class (Wizard Appears) Remote CUPS Server (IPP/HTTP) -> Next Normal user: david/pw -> Next Host: nirvana/Port: 631 -> Next Choose Printer: LaserJet -> Next 'Printer Model Selection' (2-pane window) Manufacturer on Rt. Model on Lt. You see momentary 'Loading....' in Lt. window, then nothing, both panes blank Cancel/Cancel can't go any further
**Normal Mode** Add Printer/Class (Wizard Appears) Remote CUPS Server (IPP/HTTP) -> Next Normal user: david/pw -> Next Host: nirvana/Port: 631 -> Next Choose Printer: LaserJet -> Next 'Printer Model Selection' (2-pane window) Manufacturer on Rt. Model on Lt. Choose: Manuf->HP Model->Laserjet 4 -> Next Choose: HP Laserjet 4 (Foomatic + hplip) [recommended] -> Next Error Dialog: Unable to load the requested driver: Unable to create the Foomatic driver [HP-LaserJet_4,hplip]. Either that driver does not exist, or you don't have the required permissions to perform that operation. Now on 'Printer Test' Page after error [Test] - It prints! (top margin a bit off, but it prints) Finish with Name Printer, etc. and printer added to kprinter dialog.
$ lpstat -a HPLaserjet4 accepting request since Sat 01 Feb 2014 05:28:39 PM CST
Test printing from kwrite - OK
So I do get a working printer installed, I just get a Error Dialog telling me it isn't going to work... That's a new one. Any thoughts?
And... the only reason I got a working printer is I made myself a member of the 'sys' group otherwise creation of /etc/cups/printer.conf would have failed due to lack of permission. Since I was a member of the sys group, permission for cups operation was satisfied, however, apparently printer driver generation with the 'foomatic-db-generation' package uses another scheme prompting the error. How to solve for a normal user?
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