[cups.general] can't figure out proper URI

Michael Smith aunchaki at gmail.com
Thu Feb 10 09:36:36 PST 2005


I'm just starting to use CUPS. I've got a FreeBSD 5.3 i386 box with an
HP Color LaserJet 5 attached via the parallel port. The box is running
the latest ports of CUPS and SAMBA (it's a file server for a small
network). I also installed the HPIJS port to get recommended drivers
for the printer.

I've been able to configure CUPS locally and print the test page and a
local file.

Now, I'm trying to configure another, similar, FreeBSD machine on the
network to print to the printer. I'm using the web interface. I choose
IPP as my Device, but I can't nail down the Device URI. The file/print
server's name is "puah" (and my local machine has an /etc/hosts
listing) and the printer's name on puah is "colorlaserjet5."

I've tried:

   ipp://puah/
   ipp://puah/colorlaserjet5
   ipp://puah/ipp/
   ipp://puah/ipp/colorlaserjet5
   ipp://puah/ipp/port1
   ipp://puah/lp0
   ipp://puah/lp1

When I try to create a test page from my local machine (using the web
interface), I get "Destination printer does not exist!" as an error.

What's the proper URI for the remote printer?

-- 
Michael A. Smith <msmith at code-fu.com>
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