I have a Brother DCP-7065dn printer scanner connected to my LAN.
Sadly, it requires a proprietary driver. I've installed that. http://welcome.solutions.brother.com/bsc/public_s/id/linux/en/index.html
I asked the System Settings: Printers to set it up (add the printer). The SS:P found the printer (so it must have found its IP address) and added it. But the SS:P was only willing to configure it with the IP Address "localhost". Not surprisingly, printing didn't work.
I even tried telling SS:P the printer's IP address, but it ignored that and used localhost.
I used SS:P to remove the printer again.
I used the CUPS web server to add the printer (as suggested on the Brother page). That worked. My printer has a static IP address, which made pointing Firefox at it easier.
Why would Systems Settings: Printers not be able to add this network printer?
On Wed, 2013-03-27 at 01:41 -0400, D. Hugh Redelmeier wrote:
I have a Brother DCP-7065dn printer scanner connected to my LAN.
Sadly, it requires a proprietary driver. I've installed that. http://welcome.solutions.brother.com/bsc/public_s/id/linux/en/index.html
I asked the System Settings: Printers to set it up (add the printer). The SS:P found the printer (so it must have found its IP address) and added it. But the SS:P was only willing to configure it with the IP Address "localhost". Not surprisingly, printing didn't work.
I even tried telling SS:P the printer's IP address, but it ignored that and used localhost.
That's odd. What output does this command give?:
su -c 'lpinfo -l -v'
(I'm hoping it lists the network printer there...)
Tim. */
| From: Tim Waugh twaugh@redhat.com
| That's odd. What output does this command give?: | | su -c 'lpinfo -l -v' | | (I'm hoping it lists the network printer there...)
Context: my F18 system currently has a working printer setting, installed through the CUPS web interface.
When I go to System Settings: Printers, I can see only one printer, called RedPaper, at IP address redpaper.mimosa.com (as it should be).
Here's the lpinfo output. The one interesting URI isn't what I want or expect. It points to the printer as made available by a different computer (redclaw) on my network, not the printer itself (redpaper). So lpinfo does not correspond to what SS:P shows.
The fact that printing works (last I check) doesn't tell me which version is being used since I would expect both to function.
=== start == Device: uri = http class = network info = Internet Printing Protocol (http) make-and-model = Unknown device-id = location = Device: uri = socket class = network info = AppSocket/HP JetDirect make-and-model = Unknown device-id = location = Device: uri = https class = network info = Internet Printing Protocol (https) make-and-model = Unknown device-id = location = Device: uri = ipps class = network info = Internet Printing Protocol (ipps) make-and-model = Unknown device-id = location = Device: uri = lpd class = network info = LPD/LPR Host or Printer make-and-model = Unknown device-id = location = Device: uri = ipp class = network info = Internet Printing Protocol (ipp) make-and-model = Unknown device-id = location = Device: uri = dnssd://Brother%20DCP-7065dn%20%40%20redclaw.mimosa.com._ipp._tcp.local/cups class = network info = Brother DCP-7065dn @ redclaw.mimosa.com make-and-model = Brother Brother DCP7065DN series device-id = MFG:Brother;MDL:DCP7065DN series;FZY:1; location = == end ==
On 27.03.2013 16:34, D. Hugh Redelmeier wrote: ...
The fact that printing works (last I check) doesn't tell me which version is being used since I would expect both to function.
http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/How_to_debug_printing_problems http://www.cups.org/documentation.php/doc-1.5/network.html
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