Doug B wrote:
On Monday 03 January 2005 05:59 pm, David Johanson wrote:
Doug B wrote:
My only experience here is with jet direct type printers, but worth a try.
yast > undetected configure > print directly to network printer > direct tcp printing > Let it try to look up a host name. If it doesn't find it, try putting it's ip address > port 9100 > Name it (fields here are whatever you want) and I do local filtering > Select manufacturer and model (hopefully it will be there.... if not someone else will have to help with that) >configure printer settings (I have test printer fail here but the printer still work from apps) > OK
With luck, that will do it! Then again, yours may set up entirely different.
Have fun! Doug
Doug & Graham -
Thanks for the suggestion(s). It's at the point where you mention typing in the printers address that I have the problem. I'm currently using DHCP so there is no permanent address at the moment, if I understand this stuff correctly, and I very well may not.
It is the printers ip address you want. Did you try letting yast "lookup" the printer?
In your original post, you said it had it's own ip address. As someone else mentioned, you may need to change the printers ip if that ip isn't in your network. For instance, if your ip is 192.168.1.15 with a subnet of 255.255.255.0, the printer will need in address 192.168.1.xxx (where xxx is from 1 and 254).
Doug
Well, it's truly amazing what you can find once you get to the correct buried .pdf file and peruse through all 300+ pages of it. Buried in the middle is a discussion of HOW to assign an ip address to the printer, (I chose 192.168.0.6) which, when done, allows for communication with the printer. So now SuSE 9.2 can communicate with the printer and when asking for a text only output prints out a single sheet which reads: "This is the YaST2 ASCI test page Das ist die YaST2 ASCII Testseite Toto je ascii" across the page. However, trying to print out either graphic page, with or without photo, gives "%!" on the first line, "% license and copyright: SUSE Linux AG - YaST License" on the second line, and "% author: Johannes Meixne" on the third line, sans quotes of course. Then that page is followed by page after page of blank paper. Much progress in that we can now communicate and print text, but not sure as to the next step in getting the graphical stuff to print. Again, any suggestions greatly appreciated. dave -- David C. Johanson Linux Counter # 116410 Powered by SuSE Linux 7.3 People who behold a phenomenon will often extend their thinking beyond it; people who merely hear about the phenomenon will not be moved to think at all. -- Goethe