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The blog did not cover my printer and seems to be more about an update to SANE.
For those trying to get a multifunction scanner to work, it could still be of interest.
So I am still at the stage of trying to figure out where the sent print job ended up or if it was rejected by CUPS or Glutenprint.

As mentioned in the first post cups 1.2+ (1.3+ for wireless) is needed but puppy 4.12, and I assume, older versions use 1.1.23. Printing still works but monitoring will not.
cups-config --version
will list the version.

mike

Hmmm .....

So, any progress? Sorry gentlemen, I'm kinda busy right now and couldn't really focus on puppy stuffs ... Will be back messing with puppy again real soon ....


Rgds

So, any progress? Sorry gentlemen, I'm kinda busy right now and couldn't really focus on puppy stuffs ... Will be back messing with puppy again real soon ....

no problem...I actually joined in as 8-bit was stuck and wondered if any of my experience with canon may be of help with his problem.

Your patience is very appreciated

regards

mike

How would I set up a temporary CUPS debug/trace log on Puppy 431 with the version of CUPS that came with it?

edit '/etc/cups/cupd.conf'
set 'LogLevel debug'
monitor at '/var/log/cups/error_log'

I suspect not having the specific driver could indeed mean the printer is unhappy with the options being sent from the windows machine....jury still out on that one...wrestling with wpa at the moment

I did some searching on the internet and found out what I was doing wrong on the Windows PC in setting up the printer.
I had selected network printer, and supplied the address:port/printers[name of printer on Puppy].
But I selected the Windows driver for it. Big mistake!
After following the instructions to follow, it printed fine.
One would think that the specific driver for the printer was needed on Windows. Evidently that is not so.
So If your printer fails to print from Windows to Puppy on a network connection, try this.

1. Set up the printer on your Linux machine and share it using CUPS via port 631. The exact method for doing this varies between distributions, so check with your distro's documentation. The end result should be a working printer, and a running CUPS service which you can access through your Web browser at http://localhost:631 from the Linux system.

2. Using the CUPS Web interface, go to the Printers tab and make a note of the printer name, which is typically the Description: line). You can do this from the Windows machine where you plan to set up printer support.

3. In Windows, go to Control Panel | Printers and click onAdd a printer.

4. When prompted for a printer location, select Network printer, in the Add Printer Wizard.

5. When prompted for the network location, select URL and use the following URL format: http://<hostname>:631/printers/<printername>.

For instance, if the Linux host has a DNS name of linuxbox and the printer is named LaserJet-5, you'd use http://linuxbox:631/printers/LaserJet-5 as the URL.

6. When asked for a printer driver, select Generic as the manufacturer and MS Publisher Imagesetter as the driver. In truth, any generic PostScript driver will do, but this works as well as any.

7. When finished with the wizard, print a test page to make sure everything is set up correctly.

6. When asked for a printer driver, select Generic as the manufacturer and MS Publisher Imagesetter as the driver. In truth, any generic PostScript driver will do, but this works as well as any.

Bummer I tried that one but no go...sends jobs but no print and no errors..probably related to option settings so I will play again...using IP4600...in theory the postscript gets converted at the cups side just like an lp job.

Well glad you got it running......easy once you find the way ...it's finding that way which is the challenge.
I solved a 2 day WPA2 problem which was fixed by removing one line in a config file.......ahhhhhhhhhhhhh...ooo but I learnt loads

mike

@Patriot

It seems that the driver for the ip3300 series has been removed; would you mind reloading it? Sorry to have to bother you.

Wheres One

Hmmm .....

Wheres One wrote:It seems that the driver for the ip3300 series has been removed; would you mind reloading it? .....

Ok, done ..... all links are updated and working as of today ...

I had net disruption for a week. Had to re-cable some stuffs and rebuild-n-refine a few net drivers ... Should be okay now .....


Rgds

Thanks for getting that fixed quickly.

Wheres One

Patriot keeps the puppy cogs well oiled

mike

Hello!!
I am looking for canon pixma 3000 drivers
Can I use the drivers from model 3300?

None of the Canon sites list a Linux driver for the Pixma ip3000. Have you tried the ip3300 driver?

Okey!!
I found the solution
For ip3000 I am using gutenprint v.5.2.3 and works fine:)

Any chance of a driver for MP170 printer/scanner?

I'm on Puppy 4.3.1 and i need help as i'm very much a noob...

Puppy 4.3.1 already has a driver for this printer as part of the Gutenprint package. What installation procedures have you tried?

rcrsn51 wrote:Puppy 4.3.1 already has a driver for this printer as part of the Gutenprint package. What installation procedures have you tried?

I didn't realise it was on there.
Tried to install it though, and i get an error saying

configure: error: in 'gutenprint-5.2.5':
configure: error: no acceptable c compiler found in $PATH


Any ideas?

Puppy already has Gutenprint installed. Just run the Puppy Printer Wizard from the Setup menu.

rcrsn51 wrote:Puppy already has Gutenprint installed. Just run the Puppy Printer Wizard from the Setup menu.

Ah, i didn't know that!
I went through that Wizard, then it says "your printer is installed" but the test page does nothing.... Tried it in another application though and it printed fine. Thank you so much!

Just need to work out how to use it for scanning now....

Bluebris wrote:Just need to work out how to use it for scanning now....

Read here and get the mp150_sane-0.14.1.pet. It claims to support your MP170 scanner.

rcrsn51 wrote:

Bluebris wrote:Just need to work out how to use it for scanning now....

Read here and get the mp150_sane-0.14.1.pet. It claims to support your MP170 scanner.

Thanks again.
Actually i already tried that though, didn't work. Don't have the computer here to check the error message, but it was something about libusb speed or it being slow, and I/O Error input error.