Windows can't see CUPS printer

Dr. Yuan LIU

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Jun 1, 2003, 2:24:04 AM6/1/03

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I can view the interface using browser on the Win2k machine, but when I
tried to "Add printer" using the URL, it says cannot find the printer,
blah. Anyone else tried this? Can't find much in google.

Yuan Liu

Michael Heiming

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Jun 1, 2003, 4:45:28 AM6/1/03

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AFAIK M$ doesn't understand the IPP protocol cups uses without
additional sw. Easiest should be installing samba and share the
printer with it.

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David Dorward

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Jun 1, 2003, 5:28:27 AM6/1/03

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Dr. Yuan LIU wrote:

Windows doesn't do CUPS. Install Samba on the machine running CUPS and
provide an smb share for it (Windows does do SMB... well, kinda, Samba has
bug for bug compatability for Windows :D)

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David Efflandt

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Jun 1, 2003, 10:47:44 AM6/1/03

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Not sure why everyone recommends samba. Win2k can probably be set up with
a TCP port (like NT/XP can) as a client for standard Unix LPR printing.
Although cups natively does IPP instead of LPD, its docs mention:

11. LPD Client Support

By popular request, CUPS 1.1 supports LPD-based clients using a new
mini-daemon that handles LPD requests and passes them on to the main
server.

The TCP port is probably set up under local printers other instead of
network printers (at least that is how XP did it). Once you set up the
TCP port, you set up the printer driver to print to that TCP port (like
another LPT port).

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Dr. Yuan LIU

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Jun 1, 2003, 3:22:07 PM6/1/03

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David Efflandt wrote:
> On Sun, 01 Jun 2003, Dr. Yuan LIU <yl...@stemnet.nf.ca.remove_this> wrote:
>
>>I can view the interface using browser on the Win2k machine, but when I
>>tried to "Add printer" using the URL, it says cannot find the printer,
>>blah. Anyone else tried this? Can't find much in google.
>
> Not sure why everyone recommends samba. Win2k can probably be set up with
> a TCP port (like NT/XP can) as a client for standard Unix LPR printing.
> Although cups natively does IPP instead of LPD, its docs mention:
>
> 11. LPD Client Support
>
> By popular request, CUPS 1.1 supports LPD-based clients using a new
> mini-daemon that handles LPD requests and passes them on to the main
> server.
>
> The TCP port is probably set up under local printers other instead of
> network printers (at least that is how XP did it). Once you set up the
> TCP port, you set up the printer driver to print to that TCP port (like
> another LPT port).

Thanks for the reference. Yes Win2K has native LPD support. I do run
Samba and have used SMB for printing, but if there's a direct path to
the printing system, I'd rather go there. BTW, how do I check cups version?

But I still don't understand all the big M$ talks about IPP, yet no
product? Besides, anyone knows what "Use URL" in its "Add Printer"
wizard means? It really doesn't look like LPD. Google indicates some
"product release" for IPP support in Win98 and "beta release" in Win2k
by 1999. Couldn't find further reference. (Maybe it's time to learn how
to search M$ site:-)

Yuan Liu