[cups.general] Printing from Windows 7 to CUPS using IPP withSSL-encrypted Basic authentication

[Rick Cochran]

Paul,

Thanks!  But I (just now) found the solution after trying every possible 
permutation of Google search terms.  Here it is:

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/2021626

Printing now works.

Yours,
-Rick

On 5/29/12 5:39 PM, Paul Conklin wrote:
> Try kicking the log level up to debug2 (be prepared for more information then you ever wanted to see)  I highly suggest doing the following first.
>
> stop cups
> kick logging up to debug2 in /etc/cupsd.conf
> remove /var/log/cups/error_log
> start cups
>
> reproduce issue
>
> service cups stop
> kick log level back down
> move log file off
> service cups start
>
> That will greatly reduce the amount of hunting you'll need to do through the log.
>
>
>> I have figured out how to print from MacOS X to Linux CUPS using IPP
>> with SSL-encrypted Basic authentication.  Now I would like to be able to
>> do this from Windows 7.
>>
>> When I attempt to add a printer to Windows 7 using this URI:
>>
>>     "https://cups-server.cornell.edu:631/printers/hp-p3015-auth"
>>
>> I immediately get the following detailed love-note from Windows:
>>
>>     "Windows couldn't connect to the printer"
>>
>> I know from the CUPS error_log that the Windows client at least
>> contacted the server and set up an SSL connection, but there is nothing
>> else useful in either the CUPS logs or the Windows logs.
>>
>> I am wondering if Windows finds the CUPS server's unsigned cert
>> objectionable, but is too polite to say so.
>>
>> Perhaps what I want to do is impossible.
>>
>> -Rick
>>
>
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