Fedora 15 Network Printer Problems

[Greg Woods]

On Fri, 2011-06-10 at 11:58 -0400, Bill wrote:

> I'm running Fedora 15 on a Dell XPS m1530 laptop (192.168.2.2), which is 
> connected via modem/router to a network which includes my Dell Inspiron 
> 530 desktop (192.168.2.3), which is currently running Linux Mint 11. My 
> HP Officejet 5610 all-in-one is connected to the desktop via usb cable.
> 
> I've used the Fedora 15 system-config-printer and cups browser interface 
> to attempt to get it working.

Make sure you have the "hplip" package installed, then try using
"hp-setup <IP of printer>". This solution only works for HP printers and
I confess that I have not tried it on F15, but it has worked for me in
the past.

--Greg