Fedora 18 network printer setup

[D. Hugh Redelmeier]

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?

[Tim Waugh]

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.
*/

[D. Hugh Redelmeier]

| From: Tim Waugh

| 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 ==

[poma]

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

poma