Re: CUPS set-up for the 0.01%

2015-06-25 Thread briand
On Tue, 23 Jun 2015 18:18:40 +0100 Brian wrote: > On Mon 22 Jun 2015 at 21:55:40 -0700, bri...@aracnet.com wrote: > > > * it's possible that there's still a problem with the printer being on > > ethernet, as of right now it's on USB (thank again Brian for that > > suggestion). > > > > Thanks ve

Re: CUPS set-up for the 0.01%

2015-06-23 Thread briand
On Tue, 23 Jun 2015 18:18:40 +0100 Brian wrote: > On Mon 22 Jun 2015 at 21:55:40 -0700, bri...@aracnet.com wrote: > > > * it's possible that there's still a problem with the printer being on > > ethernet, as of right now it's on USB (thank again Brian for that > > suggestion). > > > > Thanks ve

Re: CUPS set-up for the 0.01%

2015-06-23 Thread Brian
On Mon 22 Jun 2015 at 21:55:40 -0700, bri...@aracnet.com wrote: > * it's possible that there's still a problem with the printer being on > ethernet, as of right now it's on USB (thank again Brian for that > suggestion). > > Thanks very much everyone for your help ! I think Gary Dale's prod was a

Re: CUPS set-up for the 0.01%

2015-06-23 Thread Gene Heskett
On Tuesday 23 June 2015 00:55:40 bri...@aracnet.com wrote: > On Mon, 22 Jun 2015 13:16:50 +0100 > > Brian wrote: > > On Mon 22 Jun 2015 at 03:50:33 -0400, Gary Dale wrote: > > > On 22/06/15 12:48 AM, bri...@aracnet.com wrote: > > > >i really don't believe this is a driver issue anymore. > > wow- w

Re: CUPS set-up for the 0.01%

2015-06-22 Thread briand
On Mon, 22 Jun 2015 13:16:50 +0100 Brian wrote: > On Mon 22 Jun 2015 at 03:50:33 -0400, Gary Dale wrote: > > > On 22/06/15 12:48 AM, bri...@aracnet.com wrote: > > >> > > >i really don't believe this is a driver issue anymore. > > > wow- was I wrong. Turns out it was . > > I think the drivers

Re: CUPS set-up for the 0.01%

2015-06-22 Thread Brian
On Mon 22 Jun 2015 at 03:50:33 -0400, Gary Dale wrote: > On 22/06/15 12:48 AM, bri...@aracnet.com wrote: > >> > >i really don't believe this is a driver issue anymore. > > > >i can print a test page through the cups interface, so i know it's > >talking to the printer through the USB interface. > >

Re: CUPS set-up for the 0.01%

2015-06-22 Thread Gary Dale
On 22/06/15 12:48 AM, bri...@aracnet.com wrote: On Sun, 21 Jun 2015 23:01:14 -0400 Gary Dale wrote: On 21/06/15 08:08 PM, bri...@aracnet.com wrote: On Sun, 21 Jun 2015 19:33:50 -0400 Gary Dale wrote: I'm not actually grasping some fundamental questions here. 1) where is your printer? I get

Re: CUPS set-up for the 0.01%

2015-06-21 Thread Gustavo S. L.
On Mon, Jun 22, 2015 at 1:51 AM, wrote: > it ALWAYS says it's sending data to the printer. only it's not. > > You got to check this link? http://support.brother.com/g/s/id/linux/en/download_prn.html#DCP-8110DN -- Guto

Re: CUPS set-up for the 0.01%

2015-06-21 Thread briand
On Sun, 21 Jun 2015 22:31:17 -0300 "Gustavo S. L." wrote: > Hi Brian, > > Cups is a demanding friend. You can find the path to your printer through > the *lpinfo -m*. After finding the relative path to your printer you can > use the *lpadmin* command to install it. The *lpstat -p* command will s

Re: CUPS set-up for the 0.01%

2015-06-21 Thread briand
On Sun, 21 Jun 2015 23:01:14 -0400 Gary Dale wrote: > On 21/06/15 08:08 PM, bri...@aracnet.com wrote: > > On Sun, 21 Jun 2015 19:33:50 -0400 > > Gary Dale wrote: > > > >> I'm not actually grasping some fundamental questions here. > >> 1) where is your printer? I get the impression that it is att

Re: CUPS set-up for the 0.01%

2015-06-21 Thread Gary Dale
On 21/06/15 08:08 PM, bri...@aracnet.com wrote: On Sun, 21 Jun 2015 19:33:50 -0400 Gary Dale wrote: I'm not actually grasping some fundamental questions here. 1) where is your printer? I get the impression that it is attached to a computer on the network and not your local machine. 2) what typ

Re: CUPS set-up for the 0.01%

2015-06-21 Thread Gustavo S. L.
Hi Brian, Cups is a demanding friend. You can find the path to your printer through the *lpinfo -m*. After finding the relative path to your printer you can use the *lpadmin* command to install it. The *lpstat -p* command will show that the printer is turned on. On Sun, Jun 21, 2015 at 9:08 PM,

Re: CUPS set-up for the 0.01%

2015-06-21 Thread briand
On Sun, 21 Jun 2015 19:33:50 -0400 Gary Dale wrote: > > > I'm not actually grasping some fundamental questions here. > 1) where is your printer? I get the impression that it is attached to a > computer on the network and not your local machine. > 2) what type of printer is it? > 3) is your netwo

Re: CUPS set-up for the 0.01%

2015-06-21 Thread Gary Dale
On 13/06/15 03:16 PM, bri...@aracnet.com wrote: using the Debian how-to. Now you can add a printer by going to http://localhost:631/ no i can't. however... i did find that for some bizarre reason my localhost interface was not set to auto, so i had to add it. i'm relatively sure t

Re: CUPS set-up for the 0.01%

2015-06-21 Thread briand
On Mon, 15 Jun 2015 00:12:22 +0100 Brian wrote: > On Sun 14 Jun 2015 at 15:07:51 -0700, bri...@aracnet.com wrote: > > > On Sun, 14 Jun 2015 21:25:47 +0100 > > Lisi Reisz wrote: > > > > > On Sunday 14 June 2015 21:14:00 bri...@aracnet.com wrote: > > > > i am not currently using cups-client, >

Re: CUPS set-up for the 0.01%

2015-06-21 Thread briand
On Mon, 15 Jun 2015 00:12:22 +0100 Brian wrote: > > For the moment forget about what the client machine can or cannot do and > forget about connecting the printer over the network to the server. These > things can be sorted out later. > > Using USB plug the printer into the server. Set up the p

Re: CUPS set-up for the 0.01%

2015-06-14 Thread Brian
On Sun 14 Jun 2015 at 15:07:51 -0700, bri...@aracnet.com wrote: > On Sun, 14 Jun 2015 21:25:47 +0100 > Lisi Reisz wrote: > > > On Sunday 14 June 2015 21:14:00 bri...@aracnet.com wrote: > > > i am not currently using cups-client, > > > > No wonder you can't print with CUPS!! And you blame CUPS

Re: CUPS set-up for the 0.01%

2015-06-14 Thread briand
On Sun, 14 Jun 2015 21:25:47 +0100 Lisi Reisz wrote: > On Sunday 14 June 2015 21:14:00 bri...@aracnet.com wrote: > > i am not currently using cups-client, > > No wonder you can't print with CUPS!! And you blame CUPS.. Sheesh. :-( > > Lisi > > I mean the cups-client config file. which, AFA

Re: CUPS set-up for the 0.01%

2015-06-14 Thread Lisi Reisz
On Sunday 14 June 2015 21:14:00 bri...@aracnet.com wrote: > i am not currently using cups-client, No wonder you can't print with CUPS!! And you blame CUPS.. Sheesh. :-( Lisi -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact li

Re: CUPS set-up for the 0.01%

2015-06-14 Thread briand
On Sun, 14 Jun 2015 19:02:34 +0100 Brian wrote: > On Sun 14 Jun 2015 at 08:03:59 -0700, bri...@aracnet.com wrote: > > > On Sun, 14 Jun 2015 12:35:57 +0100 > > Brian wrote: > > > > > The server listens *on* one or more interfaces. Each interface has a > > > single network address. 192.168.1.0/2

Re: CUPS set-up for the 0.01%

2015-06-14 Thread Brian
On Sun 14 Jun 2015 at 08:03:59 -0700, bri...@aracnet.com wrote: > On Sun, 14 Jun 2015 12:35:57 +0100 > Brian wrote: > > > The server listens *on* one or more interfaces. Each interface has a > > single network address. 192.168.1.0/24 isn't a single network address. > > ty, i now have access to

Re: CUPS set-up for the 0.01%

2015-06-14 Thread briand
On Sun, 14 Jun 2015 12:35:57 +0100 Brian wrote: > The server listens *on* one or more interfaces. Each interface has a > single network address. 192.168.1.0/24 isn't a single network address. ty, i now have access to server. i have cups-client installed on my client machine. I think this is

Re: CUPS set-up for the 0.01%

2015-06-14 Thread Brian
On Sat 13 Jun 2015 at 22:24:21 -0700, bri...@aracnet.com wrote: > On Sat, 13 Jun 2015 23:57:16 +0100 > Brian wrote: > > > On Sat 13 Jun 2015 at 12:16:29 -0700, bri...@aracnet.com wrote: > > > > > form cupsd.conf > > > > > > Listen localhost:631 > > > Listen /var/run/cups/cups.sock > > > > Ok.

Re: CUPS set-up for the 0.01%

2015-06-14 Thread Chris Bannister
On Sun, Jun 14, 2015 at 08:11:51AM +0200, Petter Adsen wrote: > > It would, there is an ampersand in there. If you want to pass that URL > from the command line, you have to escape it with a backslash - like this: > > http://localhost:631/help/ref-cupsd-conf.html?TOPIC=References\&QUERY=#Listen

Re: CUPS set-up for the 0.01%

2015-06-13 Thread briand
On Sun, 14 Jun 2015 08:11:51 +0200 Petter Adsen wrote: > It would, there is an ampersand in there. If you want to pass that URL > from the command line, you have to escape it with a backslash - like this: > > http://localhost:631/help/ref-cupsd-conf.html?TOPIC=References\&QUERY=#Listen > doh!

Re: CUPS set-up for the 0.01%

2015-06-13 Thread Petter Adsen
On Sat, 13 Jun 2015 22:24:21 -0700 wrote: > On Sat, 13 Jun 2015 23:57:16 +0100 > Brian wrote: > > > On Sat 13 Jun 2015 at 12:16:29 -0700, bri...@aracnet.com wrote: > > > > > form cupsd.conf > > > > > > Listen localhost:631 > > > Listen /var/run/cups/cups.sock > > > > Ok. > > > > > Listen 19

Re: CUPS set-up for the 0.01%

2015-06-13 Thread briand
On Sat, 13 Jun 2015 23:57:16 +0100 Brian wrote: > On Sat 13 Jun 2015 at 12:16:29 -0700, bri...@aracnet.com wrote: > > > form cupsd.conf > > > > Listen localhost:631 > > Listen /var/run/cups/cups.sock > > Ok. > > > Listen 192.168.1.0/24 > > Why? How does that square with > > > http://loca

Re: CUPS set-up for the 0.01%

2015-06-13 Thread Brian
On Sat 13 Jun 2015 at 12:16:29 -0700, bri...@aracnet.com wrote: > form cupsd.conf > > Listen localhost:631 > Listen /var/run/cups/cups.sock Ok. > Listen 192.168.1.0/24 Why? How does that square with http://localhost:631/help/ref-cupsd-conf.html?TOPIC=References&QUERY=#Listen ? > # Default

CUPS set-up for the 0.01%

2015-06-13 Thread briand
using the Debian how-to. Now you can add a printer by going to http://localhost:631/ no i can't. however... i did find that for some bizarre reason my localhost interface was not set to auto, so i had to add it. i'm relatively sure that something in my network set-up is fragile and