[hangout] CUPS Printer Config

[Ruben I Safir]

not 12.0.0.1

127.0.0.1


Ruben


On 2003.01.01 23:23 Kevin Mark wrote:
> 
> 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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