On Tuesday, March 30, 2021 6:27:50 PM CDT Doug McGarrett wrote:
On 3/30/21 9:12 AM, Mark Petersen wrote:
On Monday, March 29, 2021 11:48:48 PM CDT Doug McGarrett wrote:
On 3/30/21 12:57 AM, TomasK wrote:
On Mon, 2021-03-29 at 22:14 -0400, Doug McGarrett wrote:
On 3/29/21 9:34 PM, Carlos E.R. wrote:
On 29/03/2021 23.59, Doug McGarrett wrote: > I think this is getting off the problem--obviously the computer > sees > the printer-- it turns on the "in-use" light and the little green > hosrseshoe indicator, it just doesn't actually print anything. I > would think it was a printer problem, but it prints perfectly > from a > laptop running Mint Linux.
/snio/
This is out of the box - maybe worth checking:
If the printers are wired over Ethernet, is their WiFi connectivity disabled. If not, they could be getting DHCP IP address over WiFi possibly confusing things. Example openSuSE sends packets over to the static IP, the printer responds over DHCP. The Firewall in openSuSE would most likely filter that based on state. Not sure about Mint, but Ubuntu (base for Mint) does not use firewall by default so this kind of situation could work enough.
Just a thought. It is easier to disable/check printer WiFi using their displays than going through long checklist here.
HTH, Tomas
Interesting idea. I'll check it tomorrow--getting late here. Wifi does not work well here anyway--there's some kind of interference from something nearby.--doug
Doug,
Yes, follow Tomas' advice and disable the WiFi on the printer.
You say these printers have a static IP address, how are you setting these addresses? On the printer itself or in your DHCP server? - If you are setting these static IP addresses on the printers, are they outside of the DHCP server's scope? You don't want 2 devices on the network with the same address.
Open a web browser and browse to: localhost:631 this will load the CUPS webpage. Click on Printers in the top dark band. Then click on the Queue Name for the M201 printer.
What does it say for Connection:
Mark
I did this. It didn't say connection. I sent an answer to this somewhere on the list. Anyway, I decided to reinstall the printer. But I can't. YaST can't find it. I've tried every combination I could find, but the printer just can't be found by YaST.
nmap can find it.
doug@linux1:~> su - Password: linux1:~ # nmap -sP 192.168.1.* Starting Nmap 7.80 ( https://nmap.org ) at 2021-03-30 19:15 EDT Nmap scan report for router.asus.com (192.168.1.1) Host is up (0.00038s latency). MAC Address: 30:5A:3A:A0:55:30 (Asustek Computer) Nmap scan report for dell3 (192.168.1.10) Host is up (0.00070s latency). MAC Address: 00:26:B9:CC:F5:0D (Dell) Nmap scan report for 192.168.1.26 Host is up (0.00038s latency). MAC Address: A4:EE:57:73:CB:85 (Seiko Epson) Nmap scan report for 192.168.1.29 <<<<< Host is up (0.00036s latency). <<<<< MAC Address: D0:BF:9C:34:CF:8A (Hewlett Packard) <<<<< Nmap scan report for 192.168.1.48 Host is up (0.00033s latency). MAC Address: 50:E5:49:B3:A2:51 (Giga-byte Technology) Nmap scan report for linux1 (192.168.1.200) Host is up. Nmap done: 256 IP addresses (6 hosts up) scanned in 1.81 seconds
It still prints from the Mint laptop, and not via rf; via lan cable network. I'm at the end of my rope; I've spent hours on this now and I'm not getting anywhere at all, just going backwards. --doug
Haste makes waste ;-) As Carlos said the printer was just stopped. Well, now that you deleted it; Yast > Printer > Add > Run hp-setup > Networking/Ethernet/Wireless network > Show Advanced Options > tick the Manual Discover box > Enter 192.168.1.29 in the IP Address or network name > Next > Make sure the HP M201dw is selected then click Next ...... I'm not at work so I don't remember the rest of the steps. Mark