wireless connection to a wireless printer?
Jan Brosius
jan.brosius at skynet.be
Mon Feb 11 22:34:13 UTC 2008
Mikkel L. Ellertson wrote:
> Jan Brosius wrote:
>> Mikkel L. Ellertson wrote:
>>> How did you try to connect to the printer? http://192.168.1.6? Or
>>> does your printer require another port?
>
>> I think it is done in the hardware. I got a connection now with the
>> firefox browser when I typed http://192.168.1.6. I didn't knew this.
>> But how do I connect with cups?
>>
> Ok - because you can get the printer GUI, you may be able to connect
> from CUPS. Go to http://localhost:631 and add a printer. For the
> connection URI, try ipp://192.168.1.6:631/ipp - chances are the
> printer supports IPP. (The /ipp may be wrong, but it is a common print
> queue designation.)
>
> Mikkel
No it doesn't work. I read the reviews before buying and someone said he
has created a wireless connection with this printer. He used Ubuntu Linux.
Thanks anyway for helping
Jan
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