[cups] printing from CUPS 2.0.3 with LPD to a Windows 8.1 box USB printer
Helge Blischke
HelgeBlischke at web.de
Wed Mar 2 14:05:47 PST 2016
This printer does not speak PostScript. In a UNIX Environment it
must be configured with hplip
Von meinem iPhone gesendet
> Am 02.03.2016 um 20:57 schrieb Matthias Apitz <guru at unixarea.de>:
>
>
> Hello,
>
> I have a problem in one of my installations which is perhaps not a real
> CUPS problem, but a Windows problem. I hope that someone has the time to
> read the lines and some idea how to solve it.
>
> The print scenario is:
>
> cups 2.0.3 ---> Win8.1 --> USB printer HPDeskjet2510
>
> In Win8.1 the LPD service is configured and a printer share named 'LPD' which prints
> fine in Win8.1 to the USB device HPDeskjet2510.
>
> In CUPS a printer 'lpd' is configured as lpd://ip-addr/LPD and as Generic
> Postscript Printer.
>
> A print in FreeBSD with cups 2.0.3 as:
>
> $ date | lpr -Plpd
>
> is resulting in a completely correct TCP stream to port 515 of the
> Win8.1 box (it can be checked from here: http://www.unixarea.de/tcpdump_lpd.txt );
> the job is transfered as Postscript file to the Win8.1;
> but in Windows the job gets stuck and does not print. I'm attaching
> two screens.
>
> Any hints are welcome. Thanks in advance.
>
> matthias
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