Cannot access printer from network [solved]

[Steve Scrimpshire]

This worked fine in MDK 9.2. I set up my printer on my server with printerdrake and told it to allow printing from other computers on my network. From my laptop, I try to run printerdrake and get it to search for other printers on my network. It says 'No printer found!'

 

Printing works fine from the server that the printer is connected directly to. It is an HP DeskJet PSC 1210.

 

What files do you need to see to help me?

 

Here is /etc/cups/printers.conf on my server:

# Printer configuration file for CUPS v1.1.20
# Written by cupsd on Wed 31 Mar 2004 09:42:26 PM CST
<DefaultPrinter Printer>
Info HP psc 1200
Location 
DeviceURI ptal:/mlc:usb:psc_1200_series
State Idle
Accepting Yes
JobSheets none none
QuotaPeriod 0
PageLimit 0
KLimit 0
</Printer>

Edited April 1, 2004 by Steve Scrimpshire

[Steve Scrimpshire]

Fixed it. On my laptop:

 

Started kwrite

Went to Print

Clicked the Add Printer wand icon

Clicked Next

Selected 'Remote CUPS server (IPP/HTTP)'

Clicked Next

Unchecked 'Guest account'

Entered my username and password

Clicked Next

Entered my server's IP and port 631 (for CUPS)

Clicked Next

Highlighted the Printer and clicked Next

Found my model in the list (HP -> PSC 1210)

Clicked my way through the rest of config (the rest should be fairly self-explanatory)

 

Now on my laptop /etc/cups/printers.conf looks like this:

# Printer configuration file for CUPS v1.1.20
# Written by cupsd on Wed 31 Mar 2004 10:34:04 PM CST
<DefaultPrinter Printer2>
Info HP PSC 1200
Location server
DeviceURI ipp://omar:<<password>>@192.168.0.1:631/printers/Printer
State Idle
Accepting Yes
JobSheets none none
QuotaPeriod 0
PageLimit 0
KLimit 0
</Printer>

 

taDA. Now, why in the heck is 10.0 soooooooo much harder to configure? In 9.2, after setting it up on the server to be accessible on the network, it showed up in printerdrake under 'Configured on other machines'

After this setup, it shows up under 'Configured on this machine'.

 

This is definitely not newbie-friendly. Aren't we going backwards?