[cups.general] cant print

[Michael W. Holdeman]

On Friday 23 June 2006 21:31, Kurt Pfeifle wrote:
> Michael W. Holdeman <lists at ptfd.org> wrote (Friday 23 June 2006 22:49):
> > I have a linux lan at the office, I have one cups server working fine,
> > but now am trying to get my laptop to run as a server also, so when I am
> > at my second office it will pick up the printers there.
>
> It's the CUPS client that picks up printers via CUPS browsing. A client
> that has a local CUPS daemon running, though.  ;-)
>
> > I can't seem to get it
> > to work. And teh server just dies, or I can't kill it. localhost:631
> > either says not found 404, or denied.
> >
> > Kprinter wilkl send a test page but the printer never gets it. The
> > printer is an HP3600N, set at 192.168.14.191
> >
> >
> >
> > error log is below the config file.
>
> [....]
>
> > Allow From 192.168.14.0/192.168.14.254
>
> Are you sure this is the correct notation? (At least it is very unusual
> for a 192.168.* network...)
>
> What is the output of the "ifconfig" command on your server?
>
> [....]
>
> > Listen *:631
> > Listen *:9100
>
> Are you sure you need + want this? (Shouldn't do any harm regarding
> your problem, though)
>
>
> [....]
>
> > BrowseAddress 192.168.255.255
>
> Are you sure this is the valid broadcast address for your LAN?
>
> [....]
>
> > BrowseDeny address
> > BrowseAllow address @LOCAL
> > BrowseAllow address 192.168.14.0/192.168.14.254
>
> This is wrong! The "address" string has no place in these lines.
>
> Again: are you sure this "192.168.14.0/192.168.14.254" are the actual
> address/netmask you want/need?
>
>
> [....]
>
> > *************************************************************************
> >*********************** error log.
>
> [....]
>
> > D [23/Jun/2006:15:24:01 -0400] [Job 14]
> > envp[21]="DEVICE_URI=ipp://fcoffice.ptfd.org:631/printers/hp3600"
>
> What is the IP address of host "fcoffice.ptfd.org"? What is the result
> of running "ifconfig" there?
>
> > D [23/Jun/2006:15:24:01 -0400] [Job 14] envp[22]="PRINTER=hp3600"
> > I [23/Jun/2006:15:24:01 -0400] Started backend /usr/lib/cups/backend/ipp
> > (PID 18950) for job 14.
> > D [23/Jun/2006:15:24:01 -0400] Discarding unused job-state event...
> > D [23/Jun/2006:15:24:01 -0400] [Job 14] /usr/lib/cups/backend/ipp: No
> > such file or directory E [23/Jun/2006:15:24:01 -0400] PID 18950
> > (/usr/lib/cups/backend/ipp) stopped with status 22!
>
> Here is your main problem for now!! (Note, that the "E" at the
> beginning of such a line means "Error")
>
> What is the output of
>
>   "ls -l /usr/lib/cups/backend/ipp"
>   "ls -l /usr/lib/cups/backend/*"
>
> ? Does the "ipp" backend exist? Is it executable?
no teh ipp backend does not exist. Where can I get it? I have re-emerged cups,  
ghostscript-esp, foomaitc etc...The only thing in teh dir is an executable 
epson. 
This is an hp3600 connected directly via 10baseT at 192.168.14.191.


I am researching the other issues, although the 192.168.14.* is my LAN. 

Thanks,
Mike
-- 
 
Michael W. Holdeman


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