How to I print to a TCP/IP Port.

I recently migrated from WinXP to Linux (SuSE 9.2 Pro). I need some help
setting up my new linux box to print. My old WinXP box printed to a network
printer. If I open my printer properties dialog in WinXP I would see the
printer listed with an IP address. How do I set up my SuSE linux to print to
this same printer. I guess what I am asking is, how to I print to a TCP/IP
Port. Thanks,

Ed
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Re: How to I print to a TCP/IP Port.

At 03:23 PM 1/12/2005 -0500, linux wrote:

>I recently migrated from WinXP to Linux (SuSE 9.2 Pro). I need some help
>setting up my new linux box to print. My old WinXP box printed to a network
>printer. If I open my printer properties dialog in WinXP I would see the
>printer listed with an IP address. How do I set up my SuSE linux to print to
>this same printer. I guess what I am asking is, how to I print to a TCP/IP
>Port. Thanks,


The answer depends a bit on what the printer expects in the way of input.
Usually (in my experience), networked printers include embedded "lp"
servers (listening on port 515/tcp). If you have one like that, you can
access it by running an lp daemon on your Linux system, and configuring it
to access a remote printer.

I don't know SuSE specifically, so I don't know which of several lpd
implementations it runs. The package I use here is lprng. Using it, you
configure access to the remote printer via an entry in /etc/printcap, for
example one like this:

caxton|caxton|raw:\
:lp=:\
:rm=caxton:\
:rp=raw:\
:sd=/var/spool/lpd/caxton-raw:\
:sh:sf

The "rm=" line supplies the printer's address (in the example, "caxton" is
a hostname that the Linux host can resolve).




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Re: How to I print to a TCP/IP Port.

On Wednesday 12 January 2005 21:23, you wrote:
> I recently migrated from WinXP to Linux (SuSE 9.2 Pro). I need some help
> setting up my new linux box to print. My old WinXP box printed to a
> network printer. If I open my printer properties dialog in WinXP I would
> see the printer listed with an IP address. How do I set up my SuSE linux
> to print to this same printer. I guess what I am asking is, how to I print
> to a TCP/IP Port. Thanks,

In addition to Ray's answer:
linux SuSE works with Cups as printing system. You should be able - I asume
cups was installed by SuSE as the standard- to call http://localhost:631
through a browser ( if not, cups is not running ). This will give you a menu
which allows you to install a new printer as a remote one, just giving the ip
address of the network printer. Install it, as Ray suggest, as a row printer.
Hope this will help
Edgar
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Re: How to I print to a TCP/IP Port.

On Friday 14 January 2005 23:21, you wrote:
> No objections at all....
>
> .... i just don't understand what to do
> yet. I am REALLY new to linux so I am make very slow progress. Thanks for
> your help.
>
> Ed

slow progress is better than none ;-)
Enter "localhost:631" administration and go through "printers" -> add printer.
You will be asked for a description and a localtion - information data only -
and for a device URI. This is the ip address of your remote printer. You also
will probably have to choose the driver for your printer from the list of
printers. Try in a shell "gs --help", this will show you the list of all
printers suported by your software.

I would start trying to connect the printer to your box directly in the first
approach, and later connecting the printer as a remote one. Is your remote
printer a standalone device or is it connected to a server ?

A very good start is the cups documentation in the "help" of the
localhost:631.
Remember: try and error !
Good luck
BTW.: follow up through "newbies", not directly, as more persons may help you
and others may also have a benefit from this emails.
Regards,
Edgar
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