Hello, On Jan 24 21:57 Paul Ollion wrote (shortened):
On Thursday 24 January 2008 11:07, Johannes Meixner wrote:
On Jan 24 10:28 Paul Ollion wrote (shortened): ...
... Epson stylus Color 1520 printer ... ... It works nicely on a parallel connection, but it is provided vith an Ethernet connection add on card C823623 ... ... Many printserver boxes and network printers have somewhat problematic implelentations of the LPD protocol (and for the IPP protocol it is even worse) ... ... It is recommended to use the simple TCP socket data transfer ... See for example our online manual (package suselinux-manual_en) "Network Printers" and "Network Printer Connections"
There is a typo: In openSUSE 10.2 the package name is opensuse-manual_en.
... the printer issued two sheets with all the information needed : IP addresses, Mac, and the various useable protocols. That are : Netware - TCP/IP - Apple talk - NetBEUI - SNNP.
These protocols are more or less basic network protocols (how raw data packages are transported via network). I was talking about higher level protocols in a TCP/IP network (how applications talk with each other via network). If you are interested in details, see for example http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/TCP/IP_model and http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/OSI_model Kind Regards Johannes Meixner -- SUSE LINUX Products GmbH, Maxfeldstrasse 5, 90409 Nuernberg, Germany AG Nuernberg, HRB 16746, GF: Markus Rex -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help@opensuse.org