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

marc at arctic.net marc at arctic.net
Thu Feb 10 15:40:35 PST 2005


have you tried 
ipp://hostname/printers/queuename
or
http://hostname:631/printers/queuename?

---- Original message ----
>Date: Thu, 10 Feb 2005 12:29:47 -0500
>From: Michael Smith <aunchaki at gmail.com>  
>Subject: [cups.general] can't figure out proper URI  
>To: cups at easysw.com
>
>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>
>($do || !$do) && undef($try); # Master of Perl, Yoda is.
Hmmmm?
>
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