[Hardy][Xubuntu] Can't add/see remote printer easily

[Jarno Suni]

Binary package hint: system-config-printer

Both server and client are Xubuntu 8.04. I have enabled sharing in the server in system-config-printer and I have enabled "Show printers shared by other systems" in the client's system-config-printer. I still can't see the printer in client. Printer prints fine when printing directly from the server.

system-config-printer 0.7.81

[Jarno Suni (jarnos)]

In dapper I had to change configuration like I have told (as jis) in http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=314830. However, I can not apply the same way in Hurdy, since configuration files are different. And the problem is different, too: in dapper I got the printer at least visible in the client machine, but not after updating to Hurdy.

[Jarno Suni (jarnos)]

Printer is visible and prints when used from a client that has Xubuntu 7.04 in it.

I tried the Printing troubleshooter from the problematic Xubuntu 8.04 computer and got this:
Page 1 (Choose printer):
{'cups_dests_available': [('PDF', None)], 'cups_queue_listed': False}
Page 2 (Printer not listed):
{'cups_connection_failure': False}
Page 3 (Local or remote?):
{'printer_is_remote': True}
Page 4 (Remote address):
{'remote_server_ip_address': '192.168.0.102',
 'remote_server_name': 'jarnos-desktop'}
Page 5 (Check network printer sanity):
{'remote_server_connect_ipp': True,
 'remote_server_cups': True,
 'remote_server_name_resolves': ['192.168.0.102',
                                 '192.168.0.102',
                                 '192.168.0.102'],
 'remote_server_try_connect': 'jarnos-desktop'}
Page 6 (Choose network printer):
{'remote_cups_dest': <cups.Dest object at 0x86ea600>,
 'remote_cups_instance': None,
 'remote_cups_queue': 'HP_LaserJet_5L',
 'remote_cups_queue_listed': True}
Page 7 (Queue not shared?):
{'remote_cups_queue_attributes': {'auth-info-required': u'none',
                                  'charset-configured': u'utf-8',
                                  'charset-supported': [u'us-ascii',
                                                        u'utf-8'],
                                  'color-supported': False,
                                  'compression-supported': [u'none', u'gzip'],
                                  'copies-default': 1,
                                  'copies-supported': (1, 100),
                                  'cups-version': u'1.3.7',
                                  'device-uri': u'hp:/par/HP_LaserJet_5L?device=/dev/parport0',
                                  'document-format-supported': [u'application/octet-stream',
                                                                u'application/pdf',
                                                                u'application/postscript',
                                                                u'application/vnd.cups-postscript',
                                                                u'application/vnd.cups-raw',
                                                                u'application/vnd.hp-hpgl',
                                                                u'application/x-cshell',
                                                                u'application/x-csource',
                                                                u'application/x-perl',
                                                                u'application/x-shell',
                                                                u'image/gif',
                                                                u'image/jpeg',
                                                                u'image/png',
                                                                u'image/tiff',
                                                                u'image/x-bitmap',
                                                                u'image/x-photocd',
                                                                u'image/x-portable-anymap',
            ...

[Jarno Suni (jarnos)]

system-config-printer is not probably the source of the bug since the web interface http://localhost:631/ for cups can't find the printer either.

[Jarno Suni (jarnos)]

I found out that configuring a network printer on a client computer is harder in (x)ubuntu 8.04 than in 7.10, though it is possible to make it work:

Instructions for 8.04:
file:////usr/share/xubuntu-docs/print-fax-scan.html#printing
https://help.ubuntu.com/8.04/printing/C/printing.html#network

Instructions for 7.10:
https://help.ubuntu.com/community/NetworkPrintingWithUbuntu#head-0df5ec7721982ff2e28d944cb6d0c198a001bb7c

In summary: In 8.04 printers shared by other systems are not shown automatically even if you have checked "Show printers shared by other systems" in Server Settings of system-config-printer. I could find the shared printer by adding a new IPP printer by that program. For some reason I couldn't find the printer by http://localhost:631/admin "Find New Printers" even before configuring it by the previously mentioned way, but the printer is now visible also in http://localhost:631/printers/ in the client.

[Charlie Kravetz (cjkgeek)]

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