Install new network printer

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Hi,

Using Kate and the wizard I could search for the network printers and they were all found. After a few step I end up with screen showing a test button, press it and a window comes up asking for user and password. I have tested all types and combinations I know of but nothing is accepted. What user and password is requested here ?

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Tried root’s password ? tried your own username & password ?

Andy

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Yes, tried all of these

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You first have to configure printing in Yast - Hardware - Printer. Once in there you select Print via Network, Accept printerinfo from following servers: Accept from everywhere, OK.
OK

Now the networkprinters should be available, as long as they are not one way or another set up not to do so. :wink:

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I can ad that I can use Konqueror or Firefox , adressing the printer with it’s TCP/IP adress, find it and receive and read all printer data I can also enter with a password the network data on the printer. The password I also tried with kate but no success.

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OK, have to leave for today. I will try it tomorrow and see how it goes, thanks.

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LeifA wrote:

> Using Kate and the wizard I could search for the network printers and
> they were all found. After a few step I end up with screen showing a
> test button, press it and a window comes up asking for user and
> password. I have tested all types and combinations I know of but nothing
> is accepted. What user and password is requested here ?

I find Cups the best (and less problematic) way to setup printers.

Cups asks for root’s password for managing printers…

Greetings,

–
Camaleón

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I agree with Camaleón. If you have a samba printer you could read this tutorial for openSUSE: Printer Sharing: Windows Print Server for Suse/openSUSE Linux Clients [Samba and LPD]
or if it’s an IPP link try this: Linux Printer Sharing: Suse/openSUSE 10.x 11.x IPP Print Server for Linux & Windows Clients

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Yast - Hardware - Printer worked out lovely.
I used connection wizard.
There is a locate button where you fill in the IP address it didn’t find anything though. However typing in the IP address manually work just fine. Thanks for the inputs.

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Cheers, great you got it sorted.