On Thu, 2011-03-10 at 15:54 -0600, Richard Shaw wrote:
On Thu, Mar 10, 2011 at 3:52 PM, Aaron Konstam
<akonstam(a)sbcglobal.net> wrote:
> I am trying to print from an XP machine to a F14 but it is defeating me.
> I am running the IIS system on XP which is supposed to support the ipp
> protocol for accessing printers. It has a HP Deskjet on it as a local
> printer.
>
> Cups on the F14 is supposed to also support ipp communication.
>
> In the XP documentation you are supposed to able to browse for printers
> in the add printer GUI but none is found by my XP. It is also suggested
> in the documentation to try:
>
http://host-address/printers to reveal printers on networked machines
> but I get nothing.
>
> Can anyone describe the method to get this to work? I have tried many
> other things but nothing works. What am I missing
Have you run Admin->Firewall and opened up the correct port. There's a
check box for CUPS printer server.
Richard
Printing to that printeer works without configuration on the client
machine so I assume firewall ports are not the problem.
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