[cups] Need help setting up ethernet printer

[Helge Blischke]

Am 12.10.2014 um 08:21 schrieb Jim Anderson:

>
> 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
> _________________
>
> 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
> _________________
>
> 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.
>
>    
> ------------------------------------------------------------------------
>   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
> _________________________
>
> 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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The "finding printers" of CUPS to my knowledge requires a properly  
configured and running DNSSD (mDNS) or SNMP daemon,
and, in case of CUPS 1.5.x, a running cups-driverd to look for the  
requested PPDs.

Check your system's configuration and provide a log-level debug  
excerpt of your cups error_log from your next try.

Helge