Unable to print to a HP laserjet p 1007 network printer

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Hi,

I have a Windows print server (Win XP SP2) and a 1 opensuse client. I have setup cups as per the following document:

Printer Sharing: Windows Print Server for Suse/openSUSE Linux Clients [Samba and LPD]

I am not using Samba. The setup went fine, but I am not able to print to it. There are other clients (all Windows) that are printing fine to this print server. The following is what I see in the /var/log/cups/error_log:

[Job 3] recoverable: Unable to connect to printer; will retry in 30 seconds…

I am using DHCP in this LAN. Ping is working fine (client’s hosts file updated with the print server’s ip address.). This looks like a networking issue. I am kind of stuck here. Any direction would be appreciated.

Thanks in advance.

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Review the configuration steps you made against this guide.

Printer Sharing: Windows Print Server for Suse/openSUSE Linux Clients [Samba and LPD]

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The easiest way to do it is to set up the printer in winxp as a tcp/ip printer and then use ip printing from linux.