[cups.general] Xerox Document Centre 220

[Helge Blischke]

Ryan Suarez wrote:
> 
> >>I've tried the following URIs:
> >>
> >>******* <snip>
> >>lpadmin -p oa-e108-x1 -E -v lpd://oa-e108-x220:515 -m xr_dc340.ppd
> >>lpadmin -p oa-e108-x1 -E -v lpd://oa-e108-x220 -m xr_dc340.ppd
> >>******* </snip>
> >>
> >>But I keep getting this error:
> >>
> >>******* <snip>
> >>D [22/Jun/2004:12:03:55 -0400] [Job 13] Connected on ports 515 (local 0)...
> >>D [22/Jun/2004:12:03:55 -0400] [Job 13] lpd_command 02
> >>D [22/Jun/2004:12:03:55 -0400] [Job 13] Sending command string (2 bytes)...
> >>D [22/Jun/2004:12:03:55 -0400] [Job 13] Reading command status...
> >>D [22/Jun/2004:12:03:55 -0400] [Job 13] lpd_command returning -1
> >>D [22/Jun/2004:12:03:55 -0400] UpdateJob: job 13, file 0 is complete.
> >>D [22/Jun/2004:12:03:55 -0400] CancelJob: id = 13
> >>D [22/Jun/2004:12:03:55 -0400] StopJob: id = 13, force = 0
> >>D [22/Jun/2004:12:03:55 -0400] StopJob: printer state is 3
> >>E [22/Jun/2004:12:03:55 -0400] PID 8691 stopped with status 1!
> >>******* </snip>
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >I've no such printer around but several DocuTechs. As I suspect
> >they (Xerox) didn't invent the wheel several times, and they
> >seem to like Java applets, perhaps try
> >       ipp://servername/servlet/IPPServlet.IppPrinter/queuename
> >or something similar,
> >where servername is the DNS or YP name of your Xerox box and
> >queuename is the name of the print queue you want to access.
> >
> >
> This printer does not support IPP.  But I installed LPD on a machine and
> it spools the jobs to the xerox 220ST perfectly fine.
> 
> As a workaround, I've installed this printer in CUPS by re-routing the
> job through LPD, by using this URI:
> 
> lpd://oa-adminprint/oa-e108-x1
> (ie. backend://LPD-Server/queuename)
> 
> Printing works fine now for the Xerox, but I have to mainting LPD!
> 
> I suspect that the CUPS lpd backend does not work for this printer.

Then try to add "?reserve=yes" (without the quotes) to the device URI
to force CUPS' LPD backend to use only reserved source ports in the
range
721 to 732.

Helge

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