[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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