driver for a printer connected to a remote computer

[antonio montagnani]

A printer connected to a computer on my network is easily discovered but 
driver is generally a Raw generic driver: therefore I cannot use part of 
options (i.e. printing multiple pages on a single sheet and so on).

If I want to have full functionality I have to install driver by hand 
using system-config-printer.

(I am using a Samsung ML-1610 laser printer)

Is this behaviour normal??

Antonio

Running Fedora F-18 (Spherical Cow)
On my home PcDesktop

[Suvayu Ali]

On Sun, Mar 31, 2013 at 11:36:23PM +0200, antonio montagnani wrote:
> A printer connected to a computer on my network is easily discovered but
> driver is generally a Raw generic driver: therefore I cannot use part of
> options (i.e. printing multiple pages on a single sheet and so on).
>
> If I want to have full functionality I have to install driver by hand using
> system-config-printer.
>
> (I am using a Samsung ML-1610 laser printer)
>
> Is this behaviour normal??

You need to install network printers too.  This means you need to choose
the appropriate drivers to get a complete functionality.  Usually Fedora
ships most printer drivers, if the driver for your printer is missing
please try to file a bugzilla report.

Hope this helps,

[Mark LaPierre]

On 03/31/2013 05:36 PM, antonio montagnani wrote:
> A printer connected to a computer on my network is easily discovered but
> driver is generally a Raw generic driver: therefore I cannot use part of
> options (i.e. printing multiple pages on a single sheet and so on).
>
> If I want to have full functionality I have to install driver by hand
> using system-config-printer.
>
> (I am using a Samsung ML-1610 laser printer)
>
> Is this behaviour normal??
>
> Antonio
>
> Running Fedora F-18 (Spherical Cow)
> On my home PcDesktop

I suppose the first question would be:

How is this printer that is connected to a computer on your network 
being shared by that computer?

Is the machine that the printer is connected to also running F-18?

[Antonio M]

Mark LaPierre ha scritto / said the following    il giorno/on 01/04/2013 
00:22:
> On 03/31/2013 05:36 PM, antonio montagnani wrote:
> > A printer connected to a computer on my network is easily discovered but
> > driver is generally a Raw generic driver: therefore I cannot use part of
> > options (i.e. printing multiple pages on a single sheet and so on).
> >
> > If I want to have full functionality I have to install driver by hand
> > using system-config-printer.
> >
> > (I am using a Samsung ML-1610 laser printer)
> >
> > Is this behaviour normal??
> >
> > Antonio
> >
> > Running Fedora F-18 (Spherical Cow)
> > On my home PcDesktop
>
> I suppose the first question would be:
>
> How is this printer that is connected to a computer on your network
> being shared by that computer?
>
> Is the machine that the printer is connected to also running F-18?

On the remote computer. printer is seen as:

dnssd://Samsung%20ML-1610%20%40%20pcdesktop._ipp._tcp.local/cups