[cups] Need help setting up ethernet printer
Jim Anderson
jim_anderson at centurylink.net
Sat Oct 11 23:21:04 PDT 2014
I have a new brother 7640 all-in-one printer which I have connected to
my home network using an ethernet cable. I am mostly running Crunchbang
(debian) linux on my network, but I do have some windows PCs and Lubuntu
running at times.
I am running CUPS 1.5.3.
The good news
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1) I can ftp to the printer and I have downloaded the configuration file
which I am attaching.
2) CUPS is up and running.
3) The all-in-one seems to be work, i.e. I can make copies with it.
The bad news
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I have read the cups 'Using Network Printers' web page and I have
experimented, but I have not been able to direct anything to the printer
yet.
1) When I bring up CUPS at localhost:631, if I click on 'Find Printer
Drivers', I get the message:
Not Found
The requested URL /ppd.php was not found on this server.
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Apache/2.2 Server at www.cups.org Port 80
I assume I need a driver for the all-in-one, but since it is not
connected directly to a PC, maybe not. Do I need a driver or are the
printer protocols intended to provide the software interface to a
printer on the network?
2) When in my browser and I enter localhost:631/admin and then click on
'Find New Printers', my network printer is not detected.
What I would like to do
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I have a Dell 1130 printer connected to a PC on my network and I can
send a file for printing to it by using the command:
lp -d 1130 fileName
Assuming I name the all-in-one, '7460', I would like to be able to
direct a print job to it by using the command:
lp -d 7460 fileName
How do I configure CUPS to see my 7460 printer and reference it as
'7460'. I don't really care what name I use, but '7460' would be ok.
Regards,
Jim Anderson
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<<NETWORK CONFIGURATION>>
<Interface> WiredLAN on
<Node Type> Brother NC-8200h, Ethernet 10/100BASE-TX (Active)
<Node Firmware Ver.> Firmware Ver.1.05 (12.10.02)(y)
<MAC Address> 30-05-5c-01-73-84
<Node name> BRN30055C017384
<Active services> BRN30055C017384
BINARY_P1
TEXT_P1
POSTSCRIPT_P1
PCL_P1
BRN30055C017384_AT
<Protocols>
TCP/IP Enabled IPv6 Disabled
NetBIOS/IP Enabled APIPA Enabled
LegacyAuth Enabled WebBasedManagement Enabled
SNMP Enabled Remote Setup Enabled
LPD Enabled Raw Port Enabled
IPP Enabled WebServices Enabled
Network scan Enabled PC fax receive Enabled
POP3/SMTP Enabled FTP Enabled
TFTP Enabled mDNS Enabled
LLMNR Enabled LLTD Disabled
<IP Settings>
IP Address 192.168.0.230 (via DHCP)
Subnet Mask 255.255.255.0
IP Gateway 192.168.0.1
Boot Method AUTO
Boot Tries 3
IP Filter Disabled
GW Timeout (sec) 5
DNS Address Config AUTO
Primary DNS Server 192.168.0.1
Secondary DNS Server 205.171.2.226
<NetBIOS Name> BRN30055C017384
<WINS Address Config> AUTO
<Primary WINS Server> 0.0.0.0
<Secondary WINS Server> 0.0.0.0
<Printer Mail Address> brn30055c017384 at example.com
<SMTP Server> 0.0.0.0
<SMTP Port> 25
<POP3 Server> 0.0.0.0
<POP3 Port> 110
<mDNS Service Name> Brother MFC-7460DN
<WebServices Name> Brother MFC-7460DN [30055c017384]
<Ethernet Link Mode> Auto
<Ethernet Link Status> Link OK, 100baseTX FDX #Link drops=0
<Network Statistics>
Packets Received 1354
Bad Packets Received 0
Receiver overruns 0
Packets Transmitted 113
Transmit packet fail 0
Packet Collisions 0
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