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07-23-2007, 07:03 AM
I have a the Linksys Wireless Printserver on my network.
It servers a 7 Win, Linux boxes and 3 laptops. Win has it's own proprietary drivers and a CD to connect the server but to make it available to all machines including the PC-BSD boot I opted to use an ipp port connection for all OSs.
Usually in LINUX I use the same KDE print Wizard that is available to us here for PC-BSD.
Start Wizard
1. Choose ipp/hpp network connection
2. Next & choose Settings fill in the first three IP # group of your network ..
3. CLick ok and Click Scan..
4. A list of IPs will appear in the list Computers and Printers..
.....You have to know which one is your printer and type it in the uri field..
....check the working Win printer port properties or with a Linux install if you ....don't know do a nmblookup in a console... the ip that repeats is the ....printer
....for some reason the printer ip does not echo 2 or 3 times with BSD
5. I found this difference you must also ..only in BSD.. enter the ipp:// prefix ....before the ip address in the uri field with BSD unlike Linux...or it won't work.
Matter of fact when I was debugging it I noted that BSD placed an http:// in front of the ip address which is what stopped the connection on my network to the printer...
So that was the key adding ipp:// in the uri field.. all else was standard..
All prints fine.. :)
It servers a 7 Win, Linux boxes and 3 laptops. Win has it's own proprietary drivers and a CD to connect the server but to make it available to all machines including the PC-BSD boot I opted to use an ipp port connection for all OSs.
Usually in LINUX I use the same KDE print Wizard that is available to us here for PC-BSD.
Start Wizard
1. Choose ipp/hpp network connection
2. Next & choose Settings fill in the first three IP # group of your network ..
3. CLick ok and Click Scan..
4. A list of IPs will appear in the list Computers and Printers..
.....You have to know which one is your printer and type it in the uri field..
....check the working Win printer port properties or with a Linux install if you ....don't know do a nmblookup in a console... the ip that repeats is the ....printer
....for some reason the printer ip does not echo 2 or 3 times with BSD
5. I found this difference you must also ..only in BSD.. enter the ipp:// prefix ....before the ip address in the uri field with BSD unlike Linux...or it won't work.
Matter of fact when I was debugging it I noted that BSD placed an http:// in front of the ip address which is what stopped the connection on my network to the printer...
So that was the key adding ipp:// in the uri field.. all else was standard..
All prints fine.. :)