7:50 p.m.
My volleyball club just bought a new printer.
When I plugged my laptop into the USB cable, CUPS tried to auto-install
it, but it failed. I saw multiple USB connects and disconnects in the
log. The last log entries in every series were disconnects. The pop-up
window claiming it was installing never went away, it just sat there.
Next step, I googled the printer linux support, and found the canon
linux print drivers. I downloaded
cnijfilter-mg5500series-4.00-1-rpm.tar.gz from Canon, untarred it, and
ran the install.sh script. After it finished, I can now print to the
printer via USB cable. (MG5500USB printer added to my system.)
Next step, I made sure the printer was connected to the correct wireless
network. When I had, I can now print to the printer via AirPrint from
my iPhone.
Final step, I can't seem to make my laptop see the printer wirelessly.
How can print to this printer without plugging into the USB cable?
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6:44 p.m.
On 10/10/2014 08:52 PM, Louis Lagendijk wrote:
On Fri, 2014-10-10 at 19:47 +1100, Stephen Morris wrote:
> On 10/09/2014 08:43 AM, Louis Lagendijk wrote:
>> On Thu, 2014-10-09 at 08:23 +1100, Stephen Morris wrote:
>>
>>> the device, it just all happened automatically. As a side issue to this,
>>> the Canon supplied drivers also provided the facility to wirelessly scan
>>> to the computer with the device as well.
>> And so does sane with the pixma backend: it also supports a bjnp
>> -protocol (but scanning uses port 8612)
>> Kind regards, Louis
> I couldn't figure out how to get sane to wirelessly scan until I got the
> canon driver for scanning, and then that driver automatically appear in
> Sane's/Xsane's list of drivers to scan with.
Did you open port 8612 UDP on the firewall? Sane can not do that for
you, neither can cups-bjnp open port 8611 UDP
I didn't open that port, but I
don't think I have a firewall running as
I have never had to open 8611 for Cups/Gutenprint to be able to see and
use my previous or current Canon wireless printer/multifunction device.
The wireless printers were always visible to Cups as soon as they were
turned on. Having installed the Canon proprietary scanning rpm for my
new Canon device, that interface is listed in Xsane as a device I can
scan from, but I haven't actually tried it yet.
I'm not all that impressed with the Canon printer driver around the
device's ability to print directly to dvd's. There isn't any entry in
the driver to specify dvd printing nor select the dvd tray as a source.
The documentation says it is handled automatically, but I haven't found
anything that can use that function other than some software provided by
Canon under Windows, and they don't have a linux version of that software.
There is no support for the device in Gutenprint currently, but I
believe a driver is under development to potentially be included in the
next version of gutenprint. I should download the source sometime and
test out the dvd printing interface as I understand that needs a bit of
work to function properly.
regards,
Steve
regards,
Louis
5:45 a.m.
On Mon, 2014-10-13 at 10:54 +0100, Tim Waugh wrote:
If I understand correctly, cups-bjnp is the backend that discovers
the
printer. So there's no way to know in advance that it needs to be
installed; it would have to be installed by default.
Since we're stuck with having to use closed-source, external, drivers
for some hardware, because it's proved impossible to produce an open
source one, or it just hasn't happened yet, causing us to have to
manually pre-install drivers for special hardware, has anyone thought
about a half-way measure?
Simply detecting the presence of such undriven hardware, and notifying
the user that some currently unusable hardware is here, and there is no
driver installed for it. e.g. It looks like you have a printer, but no
driver is available for it.
It might save some of the grief when people want to print, or something
else, and are unsure whether the device simply hasn't been found, or
that they've done something wrong.
Identifying what hardware is there ought to be an easier task than
trying to make drivers from scratch.
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4:54 a.m.
On Sat, 2014-10-11 at 21:26 -0400, Kevin Cummings wrote:
I opened the Network Printer expansion,
but the printer I was looking for was not present, so I decided to enter
it manually. While I was trying to figure out how to do that, an entry
for the printer "magically" appeared in the network list! I guess it
took a little time to "find" it.
There would have been a "spinner" in the status bar at the bottom,
similar to how Evolution shows that it's busy with a task. The delay is
due to asking CUPS to report all devices discovered by the backends that
deal with network printing, and it takes a while for them all to report
back.
It came up with the
bjnp://ip-address/:8611 URL. When I selected it, it took a few minutes
to "find and install" the proper print driver, and not long after that,
I had printed a test page. < 10 minutes!
This delay is largely disk-bound: CUPS has to read all the PPDs and run
the dynamic drivers (foomatic and gutenprint).
Great job. It would have been nice if this could have all been done
automatically with CUPS finding all the right drivers automatically (ie,
not having to install the cups-bjnp and cnijfilter-mg5500series RPMs
myself), but, otherwise, a grand job of easing the installation!
If I understand correctly, cups-bjnp is the backend that discovers the
printer. So there's no way to know in advance that it needs to be
installed; it would have to be installed by default.
Tim.
*/
8:26 p.m.
On 10/06/2014 02:11 AM, Kevin Cummings wrote:
On 10/06/2014 02:10 AM, Javier Perez wrote:
> Go to Settings, Device Settings and print out the "LAN Settings",
> "Confirm LAN Settings" and "Print LAN Details". It should give
you the
> current IP address of the printer
Thanks. I'll have to wait until next Saturday when I meet up with the
printer again.
Finally got back to the gym. When I started the Print Settings tool, I
had to unlock it first, then I started the ADD PRINTER dialogue. When
it prompted to select device, I opened the Network Printer expansion,
but the printer I was looking for was not present, so I decided to enter
it manually. While I was trying to figure out how to do that, an entry
for the printer "magically" appeared in the network list! I guess it
took a little time to "find" it. It came up with the
bjnp://ip-address/:8611 URL. When I selected it, it took a few minutes
to "find and install" the proper print driver, and not long after that,
I had printed a test page. < 10 minutes!
Great job. It would have been nice if this could have all been done
automatically with CUPS finding all the right drivers automatically (ie,
not having to install the cups-bjnp and cnijfilter-mg5500series RPMs
myself), but, otherwise, a grand job of easing the installation!
Hurrah! I got it working (wirelessly) before the guy with the windows
PC. B^)
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3:47 a.m.
On 10/09/2014 08:43 AM, Louis Lagendijk wrote:
On Thu, 2014-10-09 at 08:23 +1100, Stephen Morris wrote:
> the device, it just all happened automatically. As a side issue to this,
> the Canon supplied drivers also provided the facility to wirelessly scan
> to the computer with the device as well.
And so does sane with the pixma backend: it also supports a bjnp
-protocol (but scanning uses port 8612)
Kind regards, Louis
I couldn't figure out how to get sane to wirelessly scan
until I got the
canon driver for scanning, and then that driver automatically appear in
Sane's/Xsane's list of drivers to scan with.
regards,
Steve
4:52 a.m.
On Fri, 2014-10-10 at 19:47 +1100, Stephen Morris wrote:
On 10/09/2014 08:43 AM, Louis Lagendijk wrote:
> On Thu, 2014-10-09 at 08:23 +1100, Stephen Morris wrote:
>
>> the device, it just all happened automatically. As a side issue to this,
>> the Canon supplied drivers also provided the facility to wirelessly scan
>> to the computer with the device as well.
> And so does sane with the pixma backend: it also supports a bjnp
> -protocol (but scanning uses port 8612)
> Kind regards, Louis
I couldn't figure out how to get sane to wirelessly scan until I got the
canon driver for scanning, and then that driver automatically appear in
Sane's/Xsane's list of drivers to scan with.
Did you open port 8612 UDP on
the firewall? Sane can not do that for
you, neither can cups-bjnp open port 8611 UDP
regards,
Louis
4:43 p.m.
On Thu, 2014-10-09 at 08:23 +1100, Stephen Morris wrote:
the device, it just all happened automatically. As a side issue to
this,
the Canon supplied drivers also provided the facility to wirelessly scan
to the computer with the device as well.
And so does sane with the pixma backend:
it also supports a bjnp
-protocol (but scanning uses port 8612)
Kind regards, Louis
4:23 p.m.
On 10/07/2014 05:44 AM, Kevin Cummings wrote:
On 10/06/2014 03:55 AM, Ian Malone wrote:
> Which version of Fedora and what desktop? I'm asking because I've used
> one of the MG series over wifi before with Fedora but there were
> issues with firewall policy and I think that was rather rapidly
> changing (and it needs to couple with whatever autodetect is used).
Running Fc20 with MATE desktop. I saw an example of a URL using a bnjp:
prefix which I've never seen before. It was using port 8611.
I have a Canon MX926 multifunction device connected wirelessly via my
home router. I am using a driver supplied by Canon because
Cups/Gutenprint doesn't have support for that device yet. The Canon
supplied driver is accessing the device via a URL of
dnssd://Canon%20MX920%20series._ipp._tcp.local/, which I would suspect
is a similar URL to what your Canon driver would be using. The BJNP: URL
is what Canon-bjnp uses when it auto detects the device once the device
is powered on. Without Cups-bjnp installed cups can't actually see the
device and hence in that situation you need to configure it manually.
I have always had Canon-bjnp installed from using previous Canon
printers, and when I purchased the MX926 and installed the Canon driver
I did not have to do anything for Fedora 20 to be able to auto detect
the device, it just all happened automatically. As a side issue to this,
the Canon supplied drivers also provided the facility to wirelessly scan
to the computer with the device as well.
regards,
Steve
6:57 p.m.
On 10/06/2014 03:44 PM, Louis Lagendijk wrote:
On Mon, 2014-10-06 at 12:32 -0700, Rick Stevens wrote:
> Since it wasn't clear, "bnjp://" over 8611 is the "bonjour"
protocol
> (Apple's implementation of the Zeroconf protocol).
No it is not Bonjour related. BJNP is the Canon Inkjet printing
protocol. Cups-bjnp implements this protocol to enabler network printing
That's what I was thinking. On a Canon printer I was thinking that the
BJ part of the name stood for "Bubble Jet" which was a Canon thingy a
few years back.
on Canon Inkjet printers. Sane implements it (on port 8612) for
scanning
over IP-networks. Now it is true that Canon printers often use Zeroconf
for advertising their capabilities, so cups-bjnp could theoretically use
it to find printers. It however uses UDP broadcasts to find the printers
on the local network. Implementing zeroconf in cups-bjnp is somewhere
low on my TODO list (I wrote cups-bjnp) as nobody has asked for it and I
have no use for it myself.
Best regards, Louis
Thanks for the clarification Louis.
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4:07 p.m.
On 10/06/2014 12:44 PM, Louis Lagendijk issued this missive:
On Mon, 2014-10-06 at 12:32 -0700, Rick Stevens wrote:
> On 10/06/2014 11:45 AM, Kevin Cummings issued this missive:
>> On 10/06/2014 11:52 AM, Louis Lagendijk wrote:
>>> Be sure to open the firewall for UDP port 8611, so autodetection works.
>>> And you need to install cups-bjnp so CUPS knows how to talk to the
>>> printer...
>>
>> That makes sense. cups-bjnp is now installed (but I don't need it to
>> use the USB cable), and I'll open up UDP port 8611. Thanks!
>
> Since it wasn't clear, "bnjp://" over 8611 is the "bonjour"
protocol
> (Apple's implementation of the Zeroconf protocol).
No it is not Bonjour related. BJNP is the Canon Inkjet printing
protocol. Cups-bjnp implements this protocol to enabler network printing
on Canon Inkjet printers. Sane implements it (on port 8612) for scanning
over IP-networks. Now it is true that Canon printers often use Zeroconf
for advertising their capabilities, so cups-bjnp could theoretically use
it to find printers. It however uses UDP broadcasts to find the printers
on the local network. Implementing zeroconf in cups-bjnp is somewhere
low on my TODO list (I wrote cups-bjnp) as nobody has asked for it and I
have no use for it myself.
I stand corrected. So it's a specific Canon thing, eh? Ok. I usually
have Brother or HP printers.
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1:45 p.m.
On 10/06/2014 11:52 AM, Louis Lagendijk wrote:
Be sure to open the firewall for UDP port 8611, so autodetection
works.
And you need to install cups-bjnp so CUPS knows how to talk to the
printer...
That makes sense. cups-bjnp is now installed (but I don't need it to
use the USB cable), and I'll open up UDP port 8611. Thanks!
--
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cummings(a)kjc386.framingham.ma.us
Registered Linux User #1232 (http://www.linuxcounter.net/)
1:44 p.m.
On 10/06/2014 03:55 AM, Ian Malone wrote:
Which version of Fedora and what desktop? I'm asking because I've used
one of the MG series over wifi before with Fedora but there were
issues with firewall policy and I think that was rather rapidly
changing (and it needs to couple with whatever autodetect is used).
Running Fc20 with MATE desktop. I saw an example of a URL using a bnjp:
prefix which I've never seen before. It was using port 8611.
--
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cummings(a)kjchome.homeip.net
cummings(a)kjc386.framingham.ma.us
Registered Linux User #1232 (http://www.linuxcounter.net/)
2:44 p.m.
On Mon, 2014-10-06 at 12:32 -0700, Rick Stevens wrote:
On 10/06/2014 11:45 AM, Kevin Cummings issued this missive:
> On 10/06/2014 11:52 AM, Louis Lagendijk wrote:
>> Be sure to open the firewall for UDP port 8611, so autodetection works.
>> And you need to install cups-bjnp so CUPS knows how to talk to the
>> printer...
>
> That makes sense. cups-bjnp is now installed (but I don't need it to
> use the USB cable), and I'll open up UDP port 8611. Thanks!
Since it wasn't clear, "bnjp://" over 8611 is the "bonjour"
protocol
(Apple's implementation of the Zeroconf protocol).
No it is not Bonjour
related. BJNP is the Canon Inkjet printing
protocol. Cups-bjnp implements this protocol to enabler network printing
on Canon Inkjet printers. Sane implements it (on port 8612) for scanning
over IP-networks. Now it is true that Canon printers often use Zeroconf
for advertising their capabilities, so cups-bjnp could theoretically use
it to find printers. It however uses UDP broadcasts to find the printers
on the local network. Implementing zeroconf in cups-bjnp is somewhere
low on my TODO list (I wrote cups-bjnp) as nobody has asked for it and I
have no use for it myself.
Best regards, Louis
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2:32 p.m.
On 10/06/2014 11:45 AM, Kevin Cummings issued this missive:
On 10/06/2014 11:52 AM, Louis Lagendijk wrote:
> Be sure to open the firewall for UDP port 8611, so autodetection works.
> And you need to install cups-bjnp so CUPS knows how to talk to the
> printer...
That makes sense. cups-bjnp is now installed (but I don't need it to
use the USB cable), and I'll open up UDP port 8611. Thanks!
Since it wasn't clear, "bnjp://" over 8611 is the "bonjour"
protocol
(Apple's implementation of the Zeroconf protocol).
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- AIM/Skype: therps2 ICQ: 22643734 Yahoo: origrps2 -
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11:29 a.m.
On 6 October 2014 16:52, Louis Lagendijk <louis(a)fazant.net> wrote:
On Mon, 2014-10-06 at 08:55 +0100, Ian Malone wrote:
> On 6 October 2014 01:50, Kevin Cummings <cummings(a)kjchome.homeip.net> wrote:
> > My volleyball club just bought a new printer.
> >
> > When I plugged my laptop into the USB cable, CUPS tried to auto-install
> > it, but it failed. I saw multiple USB connects and disconnects in the
> > log. The last log entries in every series were disconnects. The pop-up
> > window claiming it was installing never went away, it just sat there.
> >
> > Next step, I googled the printer linux support, and found the canon
> > linux print drivers. I downloaded
> > cnijfilter-mg5500series-4.00-1-rpm.tar.gz from Canon, untarred it, and
> > ran the install.sh script. After it finished, I can now print to the
> > printer via USB cable. (MG5500USB printer added to my system.)
> >
> > Next step, I made sure the printer was connected to the correct wireless
> > network. When I had, I can now print to the printer via AirPrint from
> > my iPhone.
> >
> > Final step, I can't seem to make my laptop see the printer wirelessly.
> > How can print to this printer without plugging into the USB cable?
>
> Which version of Fedora and what desktop? I'm asking because I've used
> one of the MG series over wifi before with Fedora but there were
> issues with firewall policy and I think that was rather rapidly
> changing (and it needs to couple with whatever autodetect is used).
Be sure to open the firewall for UDP port 8611, so autodetection works.
And you need to install cups-bjnp so CUPS knows how to talk to the
printer...
It's why I'm asking about Fedora versions, when I ran into this I had
one part of the system wanting to run firewalld and at the same time
firewalld configuration tools weren't really ready (so you couldn't
have it on and manually configure it, or something along those lines).
The situation should have improved by now.
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10:52 a.m.
On Mon, 2014-10-06 at 08:55 +0100, Ian Malone wrote:
On 6 October 2014 01:50, Kevin Cummings
<cummings(a)kjchome.homeip.net> wrote:
> My volleyball club just bought a new printer.
>
> When I plugged my laptop into the USB cable, CUPS tried to auto-install
> it, but it failed. I saw multiple USB connects and disconnects in the
> log. The last log entries in every series were disconnects. The pop-up
> window claiming it was installing never went away, it just sat there.
>
> Next step, I googled the printer linux support, and found the canon
> linux print drivers. I downloaded
> cnijfilter-mg5500series-4.00-1-rpm.tar.gz from Canon, untarred it, and
> ran the install.sh script. After it finished, I can now print to the
> printer via USB cable. (MG5500USB printer added to my system.)
>
> Next step, I made sure the printer was connected to the correct wireless
> network. When I had, I can now print to the printer via AirPrint from
> my iPhone.
>
> Final step, I can't seem to make my laptop see the printer wirelessly.
> How can print to this printer without plugging into the USB cable?
Which version of Fedora and what desktop? I'm asking because I've used
one of the MG series over wifi before with Fedora but there were
issues with firewall policy and I think that was rather rapidly
changing (and it needs to couple with whatever autodetect is used).
Be sure to open
the firewall for UDP port 8611, so autodetection works.
And you need to install cups-bjnp so CUPS knows how to talk to the
printer...
2:55 a.m.
On 6 October 2014 01:50, Kevin Cummings <cummings(a)kjchome.homeip.net> wrote:
My volleyball club just bought a new printer.
When I plugged my laptop into the USB cable, CUPS tried to auto-install
it, but it failed. I saw multiple USB connects and disconnects in the
log. The last log entries in every series were disconnects. The pop-up
window claiming it was installing never went away, it just sat there.
Next step, I googled the printer linux support, and found the canon
linux print drivers. I downloaded
cnijfilter-mg5500series-4.00-1-rpm.tar.gz from Canon, untarred it, and
ran the install.sh script. After it finished, I can now print to the
printer via USB cable. (MG5500USB printer added to my system.)
Next step, I made sure the printer was connected to the correct wireless
network. When I had, I can now print to the printer via AirPrint from
my iPhone.
Final step, I can't seem to make my laptop see the printer wirelessly.
How can print to this printer without plugging into the USB cable?
Which version of Fedora and what desktop? I'm asking because I've used
one of the MG series over wifi before with Fedora but there were
issues with firewall policy and I think that was rather rapidly
changing (and it needs to couple with whatever autodetect is used).
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1:11 a.m.
On 10/06/2014 02:10 AM, Javier Perez wrote:
Go to Settings, Device Settings and print out the "LAN
Settings",
"Confirm LAN Settings" and "Print LAN Details". It should give you
the
current IP address of the printer
Thanks. I'll have to wait until next Saturday when I meet up with the
printer again.
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1:10 a.m.
Go to Settings, Device Settings and print out the "LAN Settings", "Confirm
LAN Settings" and "Print LAN Details". It should give you the current IP
address of the printer
On Sun, Oct 5, 2014 at 11:35 PM, Kevin Cummings <cummings(a)kjchome.homeip.net
wrote:
On 10/06/2014 12:22 AM, Stephen Davies wrote:
> I have one of those printers and it works well.
>
> I configured the printer to find my access point and to receive an IP
> address (static).
>
> I then configured my workstations with CUPS to connect to
> bjnp://ipaddress/:8611.
Cool, how can I find the printer's address? Do I have to configure it
statically?
I don't own the cable modem, so I'm trying to do this without disrupting
the gym's router configuration, since they are letting their ISP do the
router configuration.
> Android can also connect to this printer.
>
> HTH,
> Stephen
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On 10/06/2014 12:22 AM, Stephen Davies wrote:
I have one of those printers and it works well.
I configured the printer to find my access point and to receive an IP
address (static).
I then configured my workstations with CUPS to connect to
bjnp://ipaddress/:8611.
Cool, how can I find the printer's address? Do I have to configure it
statically?
I don't own the cable modem, so I'm trying to do this without disrupting
the gym's router configuration, since they are letting their ISP do the
router configuration.
Android can also connect to this printer.
HTH,
Stephen
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11:22 p.m.
I have one of those printers and it works well.
I configured the printer to find my access point and to receive an IP address
(static).
I then configured my workstations with CUPS to connect to bjnp://ipaddress/:8611.
Android can also connect to this printer.
HTH,
Stephen
On 06/10/14 11:20, Kevin Cummings wrote:
My volleyball club just bought a new printer.
When I plugged my laptop into the USB cable, CUPS tried to auto-install
it, but it failed. I saw multiple USB connects and disconnects in the
log. The last log entries in every series were disconnects. The pop-up
window claiming it was installing never went away, it just sat there.
Next step, I googled the printer linux support, and found the canon
linux print drivers. I downloaded
cnijfilter-mg5500series-4.00-1-rpm.tar.gz from Canon, untarred it, and
ran the install.sh script. After it finished, I can now print to the
printer via USB cable. (MG5500USB printer added to my system.)
Next step, I made sure the printer was connected to the correct wireless
network. When I had, I can now print to the printer via AirPrint from
my iPhone.
Final step, I can't seem to make my laptop see the printer wirelessly.
How can print to this printer without plugging into the USB cable?
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9:05 p.m.
On Sun, Oct 05, 2014 at 10:03:51PM -0400, Fred Smith wrote:
off-list reply...
Oops. I MEANT this to not go to the list since it h ad more questions
than answers...
Hi Kevin!
On Sun, Oct 05, 2014 at 08:50:43PM -0400, Kevin Cummings wrote:
> My volleyball club just bought a new printer.
Glad to see you're staying busy!
>
> When I plugged my laptop into the USB cable, CUPS tried to auto-install
> it, but it failed. I saw multiple USB connects and disconnects in the
> log. The last log entries in every series were disconnects. The pop-up
> window claiming it was installing never went away, it just sat there.
>
> Next step, I googled the printer linux support, and found the canon
> linux print drivers. I downloaded
> cnijfilter-mg5500series-4.00-1-rpm.tar.gz from Canon, untarred it, and
> ran the install.sh script. After it finished, I can now print to the
> printer via USB cable. (MG5500USB printer added to my system.)
>
> Next step, I made sure the printer was connected to the correct wireless
> network. When I had, I can now print to the printer via AirPrint from
> my iPhone.
>
> Final step, I can't seem to make my laptop see the printer wirelessly.
> How can print to this printer without plugging into the USB cable?
I've never used a wireless printer, I wonder if your wifi hardware has
to disconnect from whatever WAP it's talking to in order to connect to
the wireless printer? or is it (and the Linux drivers) a lot smarter
than I think? Do you have to set it up like any other WAP? or is it
magic? :)
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Hi Kevin!
On Sun, Oct 05, 2014 at 08:50:43PM -0400, Kevin Cummings wrote:
My volleyball club just bought a new printer.
Glad to see you're staying busy!
When I plugged my laptop into the USB cable, CUPS tried to auto-install
it, but it failed. I saw multiple USB connects and disconnects in the
log. The last log entries in every series were disconnects. The pop-up
window claiming it was installing never went away, it just sat there.
Next step, I googled the printer linux support, and found the canon
linux print drivers. I downloaded
cnijfilter-mg5500series-4.00-1-rpm.tar.gz from Canon, untarred it, and
ran the install.sh script. After it finished, I can now print to the
printer via USB cable. (MG5500USB printer added to my system.)
Next step, I made sure the printer was connected to the correct wireless
network. When I had, I can now print to the printer via AirPrint from
my iPhone.
Final step, I can't seem to make my laptop see the printer wirelessly.
How can print to this printer without plugging into the USB cable?
I've never used a wireless printer, I wonder if your wifi hardware has
to disconnect from whatever WAP it's talking to in order to connect to
the wireless printer? or is it (and the Linux drivers) a lot smarter
than I think? Do you have to set it up like any other WAP? or is it
magic? :)
--
---- Fred Smith -- fredex(a)fcshome.stoneham.ma.us -----------------------------
I can do all things through Christ
who strengthens me.
------------------------------ Philippians 4:13 -------------------------------
12:18 a.m.
On Sat, 2014-10-11 at 21:26 -0400, Kevin Cummings wrote:
When I started the Print Settings tool, I had to unlock it first,
then
I started the ADD PRINTER dialogue. When it prompted to select
device, I opened the Network Printer expansion, but the printer I was
looking for was not present, so I decided to enter it manually. While
I was trying to figure out how to do that, an entry for the printer
"magically" appeared in the network list! I guess it took a little
time to "find" it.
My experience with these kind of things (auto discovery of things on a
network), is that there is nearly always some sort of delay (either
you're waiting for periodic announcement of available things on the net,
or waiting for things to reply to a request of what's out there), but I
have never managed to find anything that defines what the delay will be,
nor why? Was it simply call and response time (didn't seem likely, as
the period could be a few seconds to minutes), or was there a periodic
announcement, with a random or defined period?
With CUPS, at least, it was necessary to have a hole in your firewall to
receive these announcements (the IPP *service* needed to be allowed).
I'd imagine a similar requirement for ZeroConf, Avahi, or any other
auto-discovery process. It's all peer-to-peer, not run by a central
server (unless you're using Samba, which has a semi-random server), so
you have to have a hole open and waiting, all the time.
If there was a central server, you wouldn't need to, your client would
make a request, and get a reply. That reply would be *related* to your
query, and would (should?) automatically make it back through your
firewall, without requiring special configuration (normal firewall
configuration is to *allow* *related* traffic through).
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