Setting IPP printer with CUPS on RHES 4.0

[Anton Preheim]

Hi Denny,

Thanks for your response.  You're correct.  I used the printer GUI interface to setup IP's printer with RAW print queue and we're using without much effort.  I have been asked to setup an IPP printer so that the users can print directly from Oracle.

So, what I am gathering here that I will have to setup the printer in the /etc/hosts file with the IP address and that's it??  I don't understand about the url printer1.domain.com statement at all.  So, how many different area do I need to touch to successfully setup up IPP printer??  Do you have examples or step by step procedure??  By the way, I am new to Linux environment.


Help (-:

Thanks,

AP



> I take it you're attempting to print to an IPP printer such as to a newer J=
> etDirect or newer intregrated JetDirect?
>
> Make sure you put the correct device URI in ...  (I usually create a /etc/h=
> osts entry for each printer so I don't have to use IPs or FQDNs)
>
> So if the printer is pingable as printer1.domain.dom and supports IPP then =
> the device URI would (should) be:
> ipp://printer1.domain.dom/ipp/
>
> that's it :)
>
> at least that's what the JetDirects accept..  for others they sometimes use=
>  a different style such as not ending /ipp/ or use /ipp/raw - you'll have t=
> o check the documentation for those.
>
> All of this is painfully easy to setup through the cups web interface at ht=
> tps://serverip:631 (provided cupsd is running AND iptables has an allowance=
>  for your source IP to port 631 AND cupsd.conf has an allow for your IP or =
> subnet to access the admin pages within cups! - lotsa gotchas there that ca=
> n promote immediate hair loss :) easiest?  Ssh in (with a -X just in case) =
> and run firefox https://localhost:631 and have it come back to your xserver=
> ..  I use xming for my xserver and putty - this way you don't have to do any=
>  iptables or cupsd.conf stuff...  localhost is always allowed by default.
>
> Good Luck!
>
> Denny Snyder
> IT at Johns Hopkins
> 5801 Smith Ave Suite 3110C
> Baltimore, MD 21209
> (410)735-7613 : DESK
> (410)735-4660 : FAX
> wolverine at jhu dot edu
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: cups-bounces at easysw.com [mailto:cups-bounces at easysw.com] On Behalf Of=
>  Anton Preheim
> Sent: Wednesday, October 28, 2009 3:01 PM
> To: cups at easysw.com
> Subject: [cups.general] Setting IPP printer with CUPS on RHES 4.0
>
> Hello,
>
> I would like to know how I can setup an IPP printer by using CUPS protocol =
> with my Linux RedHat 4.0 server?  I have to no trouble so far setting up ne=
> twork printer using the IP address.  However, I am struggling on setting up=
>  the IPP printer in CUPS printing utility.
>
> Please help.
>
> Thank you in advance.
>
> AP
>
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