Setting up DCp-7040 as newtwork printer

[tj]

> tj wrote:
>
> > I am trying to get a Brother DCP-7040 printer working as a networked
> > printer. I had it working on this system and moved it to another Linux
> > system to use a as networked print. It works on the "server". SO I set it
> > for shared on te server and now I cannot get the "client" to find it. It
> > doses not find it as a networked printer so I do a manual new printer. I
> > tell it use /usr/share/ppd/DCP7040.ppd as hat file and for network I use
> > ipp ipp://192.168.1.206/printer/DCP7040 which is the printers name.
> >
> > However, when I attempt to send a test page I get the error
> > "Unable to get printer status (Bad Request)"
> >
> > Whats happening?
> >
> > tj
>
> You should specify the printer as
> ipp://server_s_ip_or_name:631/printers/DCP7040
>
> Helge
>

thanks, that fixed it.
I thought that printers that were shared were "seen" by the other systems on the network running CUPS.

tj


tj