[cups.general] trouble getting ipp working w/ cups from Mac laptop
Jeremy Brown
jeremy at brownjava.org
Fri Feb 3 18:12:43 PST 2006
Beh, disregard my message. I spent several hours trying to debug this
before realizing that I actually named the printer "bcj2000", not
"bjc2000". When I altered the URL as appropriate, it worked fine.
Thanks,
Jeremy
Jeremy Brown wrote:
> Hey list,
>
> I'm trying to get a CUPS server set up in my home network so that I
> can print from my Mac laptop to my Linux file server using IPP. I've
> configured my printer using the CUPS web interface from my laptop (the
> printer is a Canon bjc-2000). I've been able to successfully print a
> test page from the web interface. I've also been able to shell into
> the Linux machine and run something like "echo Hello World | lpr" and
> get a hard copy. So I know the basic printer driver and whatnot is
> set up.
>
> I add a printer on my laptop using the Apple printer admin tool. I
> set the printer to IPP. The machine is 192.168.1.103:631 (my Linux
> box's local IP). I set the queue (I assume this is the remote
> resource) to "/printers/bjc2000". When I browse to
> "http://192.168.1.103:631/printers/bcj2000", I see the configuration
> page for my printer.
>
> However, when I attempt to print some test material from my laptop, my
> laptop claims there's an error printing. When I "tail -f
> /var/log/cups/*" on the server and then attempt to print, this is what
> I see:
>
> ==> /var/log/cups/access_log <==
> 192.168.1.101 - - [03/Feb/2006:11:18:51 -0500] "POST /printers/bjc2000
> HTTP/1.1" 200 298
>
> ==> /var/log/cups/error_log <==
> E [03/Feb/2006:11:18:51 -0500] get_printer_attrs: resource name
> '/printers/bjc2000' no good!
>
>
> I'm lost now. I've tried various permutations of queue names to see
> if I can stumble on one that works, but no success. This machine I'm
> using is running Debian stable. Does anyone have any insight as to
> why this might not be working for me?
>
> Thanks in advance,
>
> Jeremy
>
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