Think i may have posted this before. If so, sorry. But have no reply. Try add printer and it lists the phaser 6140N.ppd which is correct. Software from Xerox is installed. The add printer box asks for address which I don't know what that is. I typed 192.168.1.105 in the box which is where I think the printer is but it says it can't find it. Tried the same thing with http:// in front of the numbers and still it says can't find printer. Please help .Newbie here. Please make instruction simple. Thanks Bob
On 02/20/2012 12:09 PM, Robert Benjamin pecked at the keyboard and wrote:
Think i may have posted this before. If so, sorry. But have no reply. Try add printer and it lists the phaser 6140N.ppd which is correct. Software from Xerox is installed. The add printer box asks for address which I don't know what that is. I typed 192.168.1.105 in the box which is where I think the printer is but it says it can't find it. Tried the same thing with http:// in front of the numbers and still it says can't find printer. Please help .Newbie here. Please make instruction simple. Thanks Bob
As usual we need more info.
How is the printer connected: direct to pc or network?
If network do you have a DSL/CABLE router that provides the printer an address? If so look on the router for the address that was assigned to the printer or print out a config page from the printer that should show that actual address or set the address via the printer conf settings.
On 2/20/2012 1:13 PM, Ken Schneider - openSUSE wrote:
On 02/20/2012 12:09 PM, Robert Benjamin pecked at the keyboard and wrote:
Think i may have posted this before. If so, sorry. But have no reply. Try add printer and it lists the phaser 6140N.ppd which is correct. Software from Xerox is installed. The add printer box asks for address which I don't know what that is. I typed 192.168.1.105 in the box which is where I think the printer is but it says it can't find it. Tried the same thing with http:// in front of the numbers and still it says can't find printer. Please help .Newbie here. Please make instruction simple. Thanks Bob
As usual we need more info.
How is the printer connected: direct to pc or network?
If network do you have a DSL/CABLE router that provides the printer an address? If so look on the router for the address that was assigned to the printer or print out a config page from the printer that should show that actual address or set the address via the printer conf settings.
Will try the config page and get the address. Is it added with numbers only or w/ the http first. It's USB printer connected to a cable router. Works fine in Ubuntu 11.10 so I guess it just needs the address in Suse .Thanks. Bob
On 20/02/12 23:28, Robert Benjamin wrote:
On 2/20/2012 1:13 PM, Ken Schneider - openSUSE wrote:
On 02/20/2012 12:09 PM, Robert Benjamin pecked at the keyboard and wrote:
Think i may have posted this before. If so, sorry. But have no reply.
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Will try the config page and get the address. Is it added withnumbers only or w/ the http first. It's USB printer connected to a cable router. Works fine in Ubuntu 11.10 so I guess it just needs the address in Suse .Thanks. Bob
Dotted quad numbers only, but you might need the name of the print queue as well. For example, my Draytek router sends stuff to the printer through a dedicated printer port on 192.168.1.1 (the router's LAN address) but I have to specify p1 as the queue name.
Bob
On Tue, 21 Feb 2012 09:58:27 Robert Benjamin wrote:
Will try the config page and get the address. Is it added withnumbers only or w/ the http first. It's USB printer connected to a cable router. Works fine in Ubuntu 11.10 so I guess it just needs the address in Suse .Thanks. Bob
If it is connected to the router's USB port then it will most likely use the router's IP address on TCP port 9100 (depending on what os runs on the router). It may need an ipp:// prefix too (i.e. ipp://<router_ip_address:9100).
If it works in Ubuntu, on the Ubuntu box try browing to localhost:631 and check out the cups configuration there (i.e. the details of the print queue that cups is printing to). Then duplicate that via cups on the openSuSE box. You may need to point it to the ppd file installed by the Xerox software.
I suspect that the Xerox software would recognise it if it was plugged directly into the USB port on the openSuSE host. Have you tried that? Get it working that way first (so you know it works), then setup the remote print queue in cups using the same driver.
Regards, Rodney.
On 02/20/2012 06:55 PM, Rodney Baker wrote:
On Tue, 21 Feb 2012 09:58:27 Robert Benjamin wrote: If it is connected to the router's USB port then it will most likely use the router's IP address on TCP port 9100 (depending on what os runs on the router). It may need an ipp:// prefix too (i.e. ipp://<router_ip_address:9100).
tried what you said above after installing the Xerox software. Says failed to add printer.
If it works in Ubuntu, on the Ubuntu box try browing to localhost:631 and check out the cups configuration there (i.e. the details of the print queue that cups is printing to). Then duplicate that via cups on the openSuSE box. You may need to point it to the ppd file installed by the Xerox software.
localhost:631 asks for a username and password so I can't use that page.
I suspect that the Xerox software would recognise it if it was plugged directly into the USB port on the openSuSE host. Have you tried that? Get it working that way first (so you know it works), then setup the remote print queue in cups using the same driver.
as a newbie, I don't follow what you said here "plug direclty into USBport on the openSUSE host."
Everything I try gives the same result. Failed to add printer. The config page shows IP as 192.168.1.103 and port 9100. Thanks again for your help.
Regards, Rodney.
On 2/22/2012 12:58 PM, Robert Benjamin wrote:
On 02/20/2012 06:55 PM, Rodney Baker wrote:
On Tue, 21 Feb 2012 09:58:27 Robert Benjamin wrote: If it is connected to the router's USB port then it will most likely use the router's IP address on TCP port 9100 (depending on what os runs on the router). It may need an ipp:// prefix too (i.e. ipp://<router_ip_address:9100).
tried what you said above after installing the Xerox software.Says failed to add printer.
If it works in Ubuntu, on the Ubuntu box try browing to localhost:631 and check out the cups configuration there (i.e. the details of the print queue that cups is printing to). Then duplicate that via cups on the openSuSE box. You may need to point it to the ppd file installed by the Xerox software.
localhost:631 asks for a username and password so I can't use thatpage.
I suspect that the Xerox software would recognise it if it was plugged directly into the USB port on the openSuSE host. Have you tried that? Get it working that way first (so you know it works), then setup the remote print queue in cups using the same driver.
as a newbie, I don't follow what you said here "plug direcltyinto USBport on the openSUSE host."
Everything I try gives the same result. Failed to add printer.The config page shows IP as 192.168.1.103 and port 9100. Thanks again for your help.
Regards, Rodney.
Still can't add printer in Suse. Anyway to get a username and password for localhost:631. Like to try that.Any other suggestions? Installed fine in Ubuntu v 11.10 Don't follow your comment above re: plug directly into USB Port in the open Suse host. Thanks again. Bob
* Robert Benjamin benjie1@cox.net [02-24-12 09:10]:
Still can't add printer in Suse. Anyway to get a username andpassword for localhost:631. Like to try that.Any other suggestions? Installed fine in Ubuntu v 11.10 Don't follow your comment above re: plug directly into USB Port in the open Suse host. Thanks again.
answer the password request user as root and pw as root's pw.
On Sat, 25 Feb 2012 05:40:22 Robert Benjamin wrote:
Still can't add printer in Suse. Anyway to get a username andpassword for localhost:631. Like to try that.Any other suggestions? Installed fine in Ubuntu v 11.10 Don't follow your comment above re: plug directly into USB Port in the open Suse host. Thanks again. Bob
Bob, if you can plug the printer into the router's USB port then I assume it can be connected directly to a USB port on the computer that is running openSUSE. Try that and see if it is recognised. After you have it working like that, then plug it back into the router and get the network printing working.
One step at a time - get the most basic setup working first. Then deal with the more complicated stuff.
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