Cups, FC6, and networks, oh MY!
I have recently acquired an HP LaserJet 4MP. It's connected to the parallel port of my system running FC6 (with all current updates). The printer itself works great, so long as I am trying to print from localhost, but I'd like to share it to the other systems on my network. (These other systems include WinXP, Mac OS X, etc.) I've poked around a bit and found pointers on getting cups to work on other OSs (Gentoo, Ubuntu), but not Fedora Core. Would anyone have any pointers? I'm willing to post config file segments, if that will help-- just tell me what you need to see. Any help would be greatly appreciated. -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- William Smith wsmith-at-chezsmith-dot-com Fall River, MA http://www.chezsmith.com "He played me like a fish... I can't make it any clearer than that." -- Colin Mochrie, on "Who's Line Is It, Anyway?" * TAG! v3.2 *
I've got an old LaserJet 4M myself. Ran nicely for years, before the rollers started putting junk on the paper. It's also got the JetDirect card as well, so you can just put it onto the network. I'd be happy to sell it off for a nominal sum, say $50? But let me check that the darn thing is still in the basement... This would give you spare parts if anything broke on yours. John
On Thu, 24 May 2007 16:25:26 -0400, John Stoffel wrote:
I've got an old LaserJet 4M myself. Ran nicely for years, before the rollers started putting junk on the paper. It's also got the JetDirect card as well, so you can just put it onto the network.
I'd be happy to sell it off for a nominal sum, say $50? But let me check that the darn thing is still in the basement... This would give you spare parts if anything broke on yours.
Thanks for the thought... How much is interchangeable between the 4M and 4MP? I know that my printer doesn't have anywhere for a JetDirect card: it's got a parallel, AppleTalk, and serial port at one edge on the back, and on the side, it's got two (empty) memory slots... I'm mostly wondering what I need to do to get FC6 to share this printer (that is, the LaserJet 4MP) with other computers on the network. -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- William Smith wsmith-at-chezsmith-dot-com Fall River, MA http://www.chezsmith.com "Free will is an illusion. People always choose the perceived path of greatest pleasure." -- Dogbert * TAG! v3.2 *
On Fri, May 25, 2007 at 08:29:07AM -0400, Bill Smith wrote:
I'm mostly wondering what I need to do to get FC6 to share this printer (that is, the LaserJet 4MP) with other computers on the network.
It should be a simple checkbox under system-config-printer (System->Administration->Printing in GNOME). I have: Local Printers printer and then in the Settings tab there is a checkbox: [x] Shared
I've got a 4L that's connected to my linux box, and I share out the printer using samba. With debian etch, I had to manually edit a couple of the cups files, but in sarge, I didn't have to do that. If you want details, I'll have to drag out my notes. Greg Bill Smith wrote:
I have recently acquired an HP LaserJet 4MP. It's connected to the parallel port of my system running FC6 (with all current updates).
The printer itself works great, so long as I am trying to print from localhost, but I'd like to share it to the other systems on my network. (These other systems include WinXP, Mac OS X, etc.)
I've poked around a bit and found pointers on getting cups to work on other OSs (Gentoo, Ubuntu), but not Fedora Core.
Would anyone have any pointers? I'm willing to post config file segments, if that will help-- just tell me what you need to see.
Any help would be greatly appreciated.
-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- William Smith wsmith-at-chezsmith-dot-com Fall River, MA http://www.chezsmith.com
"He played me like a fish... I can't make it any clearer than that." -- Colin Mochrie, on "Who's Line Is It, Anyway?" * TAG! v3.2 *
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