How to Enable the Socket Backend

[Helge Blischke]

Matthias.Warmbold at gmx.de wrote:
> 
> Hello,
> I want to print to a HP Laserjet. The Printer is accessable over a TCP/IP-Network.
> 
> But I can't connect to the printer via cups. Because the backend "network socket" insn't enabeld. As you can see:
> lpinfo -v
>  network http
>  network ipp
>  direct canon:/dev/lp0
>  direct epson:/dev/lp0
>  direct parallel:/dev/lp0
>  file cups-pdf:/
>  network smb
> 
> The directory /usr/lib/cups/backend/ contains also no File with a name "socket".
> 
> My Question is, how can I enable the socket backend support?
> 
> For samba I've seen the following command
> 
>    ln -s `which smbspool` /usr/lib/cups/backend/smb.
> 
> Thanks
> 
> Matthias

Check if the socket backend (the file name of which should be socket) has been installed
in the backend directory (usually /usr/lib/cups/backend). If not, check your installation
(may be you installed CUPS using some Linux-distributor-supplied GUI gimmick which might
behave different from what CUPS is intended to.

Helge

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