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Situation: Needed to hook up various printers to linux box for windows users.
Problem: Had various print server manufactures to configure. HP, Xerox, Netgear, Linksys.
Solution: Needed to choose which linux print system to use and how each manufacturer does direct printing.
Using Linux: I ran nmap against the printer to see what type of print server it was running. ie. LPR, IPP.
[root@moe techdocs]# nmap -p 515,9100 192.168.2.185
Starting nmap V. 3.00 ( www.insecure.org/nmap/ )
Interesting ports on (192.168.2.185):
Port State Service
515/tcp open printer
9100/tcp open jetdirect
Nmap run completed -- 1 IP address (1 host up) scanned in 0 seconds
[root@moe techdocs]#
This tells me that both UNIX LPD (port 515) and JetDirect (aka IPP) port 9100 are supported. I can then
run through the cups installer or RedHat's printer configuration utility and use which ever queue
type I need. When using LPD, you'll be asked for the print queue name. P1=Port1 on most nics or print
servers. L1=Port1 on a linksys print server.
Also, make sure the printer has a static IP address. The power management feature will shut
the printer down over the weekend and that may cause a dhcp enabled printer to grab a different address.
Last updated on July 30, 2003.
Jeff Borders
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