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[ILUG] lpadmin Can't find a man command for listing printers

[ILUG] lpadmin Can't find a man command for listing printers

Niall O Broin niall at linux.ie
Sat Jan 27 18:07:47 GMT 2007


On 27 Jan 2007, at 17:44, Frank Murphy wrote:

> Ciaran Johnston wrote:
>>
>>
>> Yes. Open a web-browser and connect to
>> http://localhost:631/
>> You should be able to find your printer there.
>>
>> /Ciaran.
>>
> Cannot Remove through  localhost:631 it tries to search 192.168.0.5
> 192.168.0.5 is a file server.
>
> Description: Laserjet
> Location: Location Unknown
> Make and Model: HP Color LaserJet 2605 Postscript (recommended) on  
> 192.168.0.5
> Printer State: processing, accepting jobs, published.
> Device URI: ipp://192.168.0.5:631/printers/H2605dn

You (or somebody else, but chances are it was you) told your local  
CUPS daemon (which is what you talk to on http://localhost:631) that  
there is a printer called H2605dn on 192.168.0.5.  Is there a CUPS  
daemon running on 192.168.0.5? Try connecting to
http://192.168.0.5:631


Niall






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