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Network printing problem

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eJavier
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Network printing problem

#1 Post by eJavier »

I have Debian and I'm using CUPS. When I type # route y see my network configuration OK

Destination Gateway Genmask Flags Metric Ref Use Iface
192.168.0.0 * 255.255.255.0 U 0 0 0 eth0
default 192.168.0.1 0.0.0.0 UG 0 0 0 eth0

So I tried setting "Device URI: lpd://192.168.0.0/hplj1010 " for my HP Laserjet 1010 printer, to no avail.

CUPS complains saying "Unable to connect to printer; will retry in 30 seconds...: Network is unreachable".

Now I'm totally lost. I can provide more info, but as of now I don't know what could be the problem. Perhaps is the name of the queue, since I made that name up. (I'm trying to find the name of the queue of my printer)

Any input will be most welcome

Just for the record, if I do something like ping -c 7 192.168.0.0 all works fine:
7 packets transmitted, 7 packets received, 0% packet loss

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kryptos
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#2 Post by kryptos »

Have you tried to install cupsys-client?

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#3 Post by lacek »

You didn't specify your networking config, but it seems that one of your computers have an IP address of 192.168.0.0 (as the URI is "lpd://192.168.0.0/hplj1010").
This is a bad idea, to my experience. Assigned IP addresses should be in the 1-254 range, inclusive.
It may not solve your problem, but may cause you other headaches if you leave it like this.

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