Printing thru Linksys EPSX3 print server - how?

I'm trying to get my Linux box to print thru the print server using CUPS,
TCP network printer option. Kprinter finds the server @
192.168.1.150:9100, and sets up the printer as an HP photosmart P1000 using
the recommended drivers, but when sending a test file, nothing happens at
the printer. I can ping the server sucessfully all day long. What am I
not setting up?

Do I need a Linux driver for the Linksys EPSX3 (Windows does)? If so,
where do I get it, and are there any secrets to setting it up?

Any help/advice would be appreciated - I have a CompSci degree, but it's 25
yrs old, so use small words and simple sentences

Thanks in advance...

On Fri, 27 Feb 2004 17:29:40 GMT, Ray Fortner <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote:
> I'm trying to get my Linux box to print thru the print server using CUPS,
> TCP network printer option. Kprinter finds the server @
> 192.168.1.150:9100, and sets up the printer as an HP photosmart P1000 using
> the recommended drivers, but when sending a test file, nothing happens at
> the printer. I can ping the server sucessfully all day long. What am I
> not setting up?
>
> Do I need a Linux driver for the Linksys EPSX3 (Windows does)? If so,
> where do I get it, and are there any secrets to setting it up?

I am using a Linksys EFSP42 switch/printserver which works fine for lpr,
lprng or cups printing (set to access it as 'LPD/LPR Host or Printer'). I
have not tried doing native cups (port 631) or jetdirect (port 9100)
printing to it, but nmap does show those ports open on the print server.

You might try normal LPD/LPR (port 515) printing to it instead of
JetDirect (port 9100). On my PC with cups it is configured locally
as printer 'lp' and prints to lpd://netprn/L1, where 'netprn' is its
hostname (in /etc/hosts and local DNS) and 'L1' is 1st queue on EFSP42
(which apparently works as default even if called 'lp'). If EPSX3 has web
interface, see what its queues are called.

It might also matter if your printer is properly identified (is it
actually that model) and whether it does HP PCL (printer control language)
or is a Windows only printer.

I cannot even find out how to configure kprinter, but applications that
use it say my printer is "not accepting jobs" and fail to print when
attempted. But switching print command from 'kprinter' to 'lpr' for those
applications works fine.

--
David Efflandt - All spam ignored http://www.de-srv.com/

(E-Mail Removed) (David Efflandt) wrote in
news:(E-Mail Removed):

> On Fri, 27 Feb 2004 17:29:40 GMT, Ray Fortner <(E-Mail Removed)>
> wrote:
>> I'm trying to get my Linux box to print thru the print server using
>> CUPS, TCP network printer option. Kprinter finds the server @
>> 192.168.1.150:9100, and sets up the printer as an HP photosmart P1000
>> using the recommended drivers, but when sending a test file, nothing
>> happens at the printer. I can ping the server sucessfully all day
>> long. What am I not setting up?
>>
>> Do I need a Linux driver for the Linksys EPSX3 (Windows does)? If
>> so, where do I get it, and are there any secrets to setting it up?
>
> I am using a Linksys EFSP42 switch/printserver which works fine for
> lpr, lprng or cups printing (set to access it as 'LPD/LPR Host or
> Printer'). I have not tried doing native cups (port 631) or jetdirect
> (port 9100) printing to it, but nmap does show those ports open on the
> print server.
>
> You might try normal LPD/LPR (port 515) printing to it instead of
> JetDirect (port 9100). On my PC with cups it is configured locally
> as printer 'lp' and prints to lpd://netprn/L1, where 'netprn' is its
> hostname (in /etc/hosts and local DNS) and 'L1' is 1st queue on EFSP42
> (which apparently works as default even if called 'lp'). If EPSX3 has
> web interface, see what its queues are called.
>
> It might also matter if your printer is properly identified (is it
> actually that model) and whether it does HP PCL (printer control
> language) or is a Windows only printer.
>
> I cannot even find out how to configure kprinter, but applications
> that use it say my printer is "not accepting jobs" and fail to print
> when attempted. But switching print command from 'kprinter' to 'lpr'
> for those applications works fine.
>

Thanks, David, I'll give it a try (after I do my taxes this week