Configuring USB printer attached to router

I'm getting lost in the YaST printer setup menus, trying to setup an HP
Photosmart printer which is attached to the USB printer port on a Draytek
2800V router. The printer is easy to setup (autodetected) when attached to
a USB port on the computer.

If anyone else has been here before, I'd be grateful for walk through.
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Bob
Intel Celeron D 2.53GHz - SuSE Linux 10.1 - KDE 3.5.1

Bob Williams wrote:
> I'm getting lost in the YaST printer setup menus, trying to setup an HP
> Photosmart printer which is attached to the USB printer port on a Draytek
> 2800V router. The printer is easy to setup (autodetected) when attached to
> a USB port on the computer.
>
> If anyone else has been here before, I'd be grateful for walk through.

First , I must say I don't know at all, but let me guess your printer
has an IP address assigned by the router, try to find it, and configure
it as a network printer.

I think the cups web-interface is faster then YaST2 for things like
this, just do lppasswd -g sys -a bob

then open localhost:631/printers , configure your printer, using
your lppassword for bob.

You can nmap the printer and find out if it listen on ipp,lpd,raw,smb or
whatever.

/birger

Birger wrote:

> Bob Williams wrote:
>> I'm getting lost in the YaST printer setup menus, trying to setup an HP
>> Photosmart printer which is attached to the USB printer port on a Draytek
>> 2800V router. The printer is easy to setup (autodetected) when attached
>> to a USB port on the computer.
>>
>> If anyone else has been here before, I'd be grateful for walk through.
>
> First , I must say I don't know at all, but let me guess your printer
> has an IP address assigned by the router, try to find it, and configure
> it as a network printer.
>
The routers DHCP assignment table doesn't list the printer, only the two
machines and the wireless AP connected to three out of the four ports. The
printer attaches to an additional USB port on the router, ostensibly to
allow easy sharing of a common printer. I had hoped it would be instantly
visible to my linux machine and my wife's WinXP laptop.

> I think the cups web-interface is faster then YaST2 for things like
> this, just do lppasswd -g sys -a bob
>
> then open localhost:631/printers , configure your printer, using
> your lppassword for bob.
>
Hmm. localhost:631/printers gives 'no such file or directory.

> You can nmap the printer and find out if it listen on ipp,lpd,raw,smb or
> whatever.
>
Not quite sure what you mean here? - ****ed newbies

> /birger

--
Bob
Intel Celeron D 2.53GHz - SuSE Linux 10.1 - KDE 3.5.1

Bob Williams wrote:
> Birger wrote:
>
>> Bob Williams wrote:
>>> I'm getting lost in the YaST printer setup menus, trying to setup an HP
>>> Photosmart printer which is attached to the USB printer port on a Draytek
>>> 2800V router. The printer is easy to setup (autodetected) when attached
>>> to a USB port on the computer.
>>>
>>> If anyone else has been here before, I'd be grateful for walk through.
>> First , I must say I don't know at all, but let me guess your printer
>> has an IP address assigned by the router, try to find it, and configure
>> it as a network printer.
>>
> The routers DHCP assignment table doesn't list the printer, only the two
> machines and the wireless AP connected to three out of the four ports. The
> printer attaches to an additional USB port on the router, ostensibly to
> allow easy sharing of a common printer. I had hoped it would be instantly
> visible to my linux machine and my wife's WinXP laptop.

Ok, I was hoping the router made a network printer and assigned an
address, but maybe the router itself act as a printserver, so
it's the routers address you should print to, and in that case, just
figure out whith protocols it support. What about reading the manual
for the router, do you have a model number for it?

>
>> I think the cups web-interface is faster then YaST2 for things like
>> this, just do lppasswd -g sys -a bob
>>
>> then open localhost:631/printers , configure your printer, using
>> your lppassword for bob.
>>
> Hmm. localhost:631/printers gives 'no such file or directory.

Then your cups server is not running.
( rccups start )
>
>> You can nmap the printer and find out if it listen on ipp,lpd,raw,smb or
>> whatever.

well, nmap is a portscanner, and if you run nmap <routerIP> you can
maybe figure out something if you compare the port numbers with the
text in /etc/services


Why not plug your usb-printer to your linux, then your wife can
print from XP using ipp http://your_suse_box:631/printers/<printer_name>
(if you start cupsd)
If you have slpd running, any other susebox on your net will have zero
config, the printer is just there on all machines.
But that is another story,,,,

>>
> Not quite sure what you mean here? - ****ed newbies
>
>> /birger
>

I can't write to much, then nobody read it. I expected that cups was
running since you wrote that the printer was working on "the computer",

/birger

Birger wrote:

> Why not plug your usb-printer to your linux, then your wife can
> print from XP using ipp Â*http://your_suse_box:631/printers/<printer_name>
> (if you start cupsd)

I think that's the way I'm going to go. It would have been more elegant via
the router, as it would no depend on my machine being on, but life's too
short to keep worrying at one problem.

Many thanks for your interest and advice, Birger
--
Bob
Intel Celeron D 2.53GHz - SuSE Linux 10.1 - KDE 3.5.1

Hello!

"Bob Williams" <news@spam.barrowhillfarm.org.uk> wrote in message news:0I2vg.415$2s3.170@prv-forum2.provo.novell.com...
> I'm getting lost in the YaST printer setup menus, trying to setup an HP
> Photosmart printer which is attached to the USB printer port on a Draytek
> 2800V router. The printer is easy to setup (autodetected) when attached to
> a USB port on the computer.
>
> If anyone else has been here before, I'd be grateful for walk through.
> --

2800 Vigor Print Server is LPR/LPD queue:
http://www.draytek.com/support/suppo..._server/01.php

Important information is host address (IP) and name of the LPD queue!

From above link we get:
IP address (default): 192.168.1.1
Queue Name: p1

For Linux (KDE) instructions see:
http://doknir.blogspot.com/2006/06/r...lpd-queue.html
(replace lp1 with p1 and if you changed IP address of your
router then replace 192.168.1.1 with the correct one)

BTW, list of Draytek Vigor supported printers:
http://www.draytek.com/support/suppo..._server/05.php


Cheers, Roman

Bob Williams wrote:
> Birger wrote:
>
>> Why not plug your usb-printer to your linux, then your wife can
>> print from XP using ipp http://your_suse_box:631/printers/<printer_name>
>> (if you start cupsd)
>
> I think that's the way I'm going to go. It would have been more elegant via
> the router, as it would no depend on my machine being on, but life's too
> short to keep worrying at one problem.
>
> Many thanks for your interest and advice, Birger

Try that, but you can also test the info you got from roman, and
configure the same printer as an remote lpd printer with your routers IP
address.

/birger

Correction of the link:
http://doknir.blogspot.com/2006/06/r...-printing.html

Hello!

"Birger" <Birger.forums.only@norsborg.net> wrote in message news:uSFvg.482$a27.417@prv-forum2.provo.novell.com...
> Try that, but you can also test the info you got from roman, and
> configure the same printer as an remote lpd printer with your routers IP
> address.

I hope it will work (it works with my cheap Digitus router).

BTW, I've found this information on Draytek UK:
http://www.draytek.co.uk/support/kb_...lpr_setup.html

Linux is not officially supported for printing
facilities, however it may be possible to access
the printer port LPR facility by configuring CUPS
using the parameter: lpd://192.168.1.1/p1.

Roman

roman modic wrote:

> Correction of the link:
> http://doknir.blogspot.com/2006/06/r...-printing.html

Yes!! It works. Many thanks, Roman.
--
Bob
Intel Celeron D 2.53GHz - SuSE Linux 10.1 - KDE 3.5.1