Fedora 15 Network Printer Problems

[Dr. Michael J. Chudobiak]

On 06/10/2011 03:03 PM, Bill wrote:

>> Perhaps you could try opening a browser window on the laptop and
>> going to:
>>     http://192.168.2.3:631
>> and the desktop cups server should answer, I think.
>
> I thought the same thing and tried, but the web page is not available.

cups is normally configured to listen just on localhost (that is, NOT 
through network connections). From /etc/cups/cupsd.conf, you need to 
change this line:

Listen localhost:631

to:

Listen localhost:631
Listen 192.168.2.3:631


- Mike