[hangout] CUPS Printer Config

[Kevin Mark]

How did you set up the ethernet interface?
It seems to be 127.0.0.1?
I dont think it can be that number as the loopback interface (lo)
uses that. Most people use 192.168.0.1 or somethink like that.
If your printer is hooked up via enthernet then it has an ip address.
there is a computer in the printer with an ethernet card and
that card (just like yours) has an IP address. and thus you should be able
to ping it. to 'ping' anything you type:
ping <some ip>
a ping just tells you if the interface is active. just like an envelope
address, no two interfaces can have the same address.

On Wed, 1 Jan 2003 joev_nylxs@pipeline.com wrote:

>
> I have a HP 4MP connected to me TI PowerBook via ethernet. I can't get it to
> print the test page using CUPS. I've selected a LPD host and have tried
> lpd://localhost, lpd://127.0.0.1, socket://localhost and socket://127.0.0.1
> and always receive a "localhost or 127.0.0.1 is busy will retry in x seconds"
> error.
>
> What am I missing/doing wrong?
>
> [root@localhost spool]# ifconfig
> eth0      Link encap:Ethernet  HWaddr 00:03:93:58:24:30
>           inet addr:127.0.0.1  Bcast:127.255.255.255  Mask:255.0.0.0
>           UP BROADCAST MULTICAST  MTU:1500  Metric:1
>           RX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
>           TX packets:4 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
>           collisions:0
>           RX bytes:0 (0.0 b)  TX bytes:168 (168.0 b)
>
> lo        Link encap:Local Loopback
>           inet addr:127.0.0.1  Mask:255.0.0.0
>           UP LOOPBACK RUNNING  MTU:16436  Metric:1
>           RX packets:5043 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
>           TX packets:5043 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
>           collisions:0
>           RX bytes:747912 (730.3 Kb)  TX bytes:747912 (730.3 Kb)
>
> ppp0      Link encap:Point-to-Point Protocol
>           inet addr:165.247.39.36  P-t-P:168.121.1.1  Mask:255.255.255.255
>           UP POINTOPOINT RUNNING NOARP MULTICAST  MTU:1514  Metric:1
>           RX packets:558 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
>           TX packets:579 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
>           collisions:0
>           RX bytes:516169 (504.0 Kb)  TX bytes:68452 (66.8 Kb)
>
> Thanks
> Joe
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