OS X to Linux Print Sharing?

[utn]

I am having some problems when I try to print from my powerbook through my PC running Suse Linux 10.0. I am trying to print to my HP Laserjet 6p, which I could print to perfectly before I switched it over to Linux, when it used to have Win2k on it. I have narrowed it down to what I think is the problem, but yet I am still not sure. When I go to add a new printer I click on "More Printers" then I go to the windows printing network, it sees the Linux computer and printer fine and when I access the printers it asks for a login and password.

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I type in the user name and password that I use on the Linux computer or even a login and pass that I setup for another user and I get this error when I try to print.

http://tinypic.com/iegnth.jpg

Does anyone know why it is doing this, how I can solve it? I am using the Gimp Print drivers already, thats how I used to print to Win2k, but I don't think it is a driver problem.

Thanks,
Scott

 

[gsahli]

Scott,
That is a Samba error. Since you have CUPS running on SUSE, why not try IPP instead?
ADD in Printer Setup, hold option key while clicking more Printers, select Advanced, select Internet Printing Protocol using http,
then enter the URI like this:
http://{SUSE IP address}:631/printers/{queue name of the printer on SUSE}

In case you haven't looked for queue name before, use the CUPS web interface on SUSE:
http://localhost:631/printers/
Find the queue name to the left of the printer name, just above the generic printer icon. Caution: queue name will have underscores, not spaces - but it may look like spaces.

Why did I go to the trouble of the Advanced protocol IPP - because OS X inserts "ipp" instead of "printers," and that doesn't often work.

Here's where I learned about the protocols of CUPS:
http://members.cox.net/18james/osx_printer_sharing.html
- an OS X document that applies to linux CUPS, too!
(you can probably fix your Samba connection using this, too)

Good luck.

 

[utn]

Thank you very much for the information, my printer works perfectly now : ).

Thanks again,
Scott