Hi, I have tried to set up a network printer on Linux Mint 16 Mate. The printer (Samsung CLP-325W) works well under Windows control.
Downloading the Linux driver was no problem, I see the configuration panel etc. Trying the Control Centre shows the printer and it seems another driver is loaded (it says Samsung CLP-325 Foomatic/foo2qpdl (recommended) although the driver I downloaded is from the Samsung website.
Cant see it though. The LinkSys WAG160N router has given the printer an address 192.168.1.x runs well on the Windows 7 machine.
I have tried the troubleshooter and that states - 'Unable to locate printer "cups-server".
Any comments welcome. Thanks in anticipation.
Network Printer not recognised
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- patrice4419
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Network Printer not recognised
(Penguin PocketWee running Mint 17.1 Cinnamon, Intel Dual Core i5-4250U 1.3Ghz (2.6 Turbo), 8Gb DDR3, mSATA SSD 250Gb, wireless dual band.
The router (D-Link DS3580L) with USB slot.
The router (D-Link DS3580L) with USB slot.
- patrice4419
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Re: Network Printer not recognised
Well, first of all, just call me stupid. It was mainly a bad cable! The link between computer and printer worked intermittently. Also the reason why the Samsung printer did not seem to work as a network printer with Linux Mint was that the cupsd.conf file needed an addition (under #Allow remote access add - Listen 127.0.0.1:631).
Sanity restored. Diving into the iptables again.
Sanity restored. Diving into the iptables again.
(Penguin PocketWee running Mint 17.1 Cinnamon, Intel Dual Core i5-4250U 1.3Ghz (2.6 Turbo), 8Gb DDR3, mSATA SSD 250Gb, wireless dual band.
The router (D-Link DS3580L) with USB slot.
The router (D-Link DS3580L) with USB slot.
- patrice4419
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Solved Re: Network Printer not recognised
I forgot to mention the UFW rule that I had to add for the firewall to allow a network printer.
ufw allow proto tcp to 192.168.1.x (your printer IP address) from any port 9100
ufw allow proto tcp to 192.168.1.x (your printer IP address) from any port 9100
(Penguin PocketWee running Mint 17.1 Cinnamon, Intel Dual Core i5-4250U 1.3Ghz (2.6 Turbo), 8Gb DDR3, mSATA SSD 250Gb, wireless dual band.
The router (D-Link DS3580L) with USB slot.
The router (D-Link DS3580L) with USB slot.