Anyone using an SMC Barricade as a print server in Linux?

[Idiot56209]

I asked this in Networking AND OS forums and got nothing but dumb looks. j/k...

But here's what I tried....

lpt and CUPS. Remote printer and Printer Device. Entered IP address of Barricade whereever possible.

I even brought over my Linux guru buddy!

Couldn't get it to print. The print jobs just crammed up into a queue but never print. I had to clear the queue in fear that everything would decide to dump in one shot and I'd run out of paper and ink! :Q

I swear, if the printer was just hooked up to a Windows box it'd be easier. shouldn't be, but it is.

It's prolly something REALLY STUPID EASY that I'm missing, but I'm thinking too hard and missing it. If anyone has done this before, I'd REALLY apprecuate the heads up.

TIA!









Stoopid Ass (Grand Theft Audio)

 

[nd]

I ordered a SMC Barricade and it should arrive tomorrow (Tuesday). I'll let you know if I figure anything out (I run Linux exclusively).

 

[Idiot56209]

You WILL tell me.

No really, any input would be appreciated. I think I tried every possible combination and couldn't get it to print.



Thanks!







Harry Dean Stanton (Pop Will Eat Itself)

 

[Idiot56209]

Just a bump in case anyone knows how to make this puppy print.

Thanks!

 

[Idiot56209]

Barricade? Print Server? Linux? Anyone......

 

[nd]

settle down.. I got my barricade working Tuesday, just haven't had time to try the print server yet. However, the manual says it is lpr compatible, so it should be easy. like i said, i'll let you know

 

[SuperSix]

<< settle down.. I got my barricade working Tuesday, just haven't had time to try the print server yet. However, the manual says it is lpr compatible, so it should be easy. like i said, i'll let you know >>



Yeah... settle down junior...

 

[Idiot56209]

Well, the blankity blank &quot;manual&quot; says to set it up like a regular lpr printer, but I even had a friend over that is sort of a Unix GOD and he couldn't get the thing to print either. All the print jobs just lined up in the queue with no love for the printer.

Please post when you get that sucker going. You don't know how much I'd appreciate it.

 

[nd]

Whew.. that was a frustrating hour. I've never used a remote print server before in UNIX so I got stuck on a few things. But I did get it working. Here's what I did:

- Get the Barricade status web page to say that the printer is &quot;Ready&quot;
- Made sure printer was working on Windows machine through the Barricade
- Run Red Hat's printtool program as root
- Click &quot;Add&quot;, choose type &quot;Remote Unix (lpd) Queue&quot;
- Configure the Remote Printer in the dialog that comes up:
Names: lp
Spool directory: <doesn't matter>
Remote Host: 192.168.1.1 (Of course, this is different for yours probably)
Remote Queue: lp
Input Filter: (select regular print filter like you would if it were a local printer)
- Once it was added, select it in the list and choose &quot;Restart lpd&quot; in the &quot;lpd&quot; menu.
- Print a test page.. to &quot;debug&quot; and see what's going on, run &quot;lpq&quot; from the command line, or run /usr/sbin/lpc and type &quot;status&quot;
- The Barricade status web page should say &quot;Printing&quot;, and it will make a log entry as well for jobs it gets

It's very important that your Remote Queue and printer name is set to lp. At first, I was sloppy and just put 192.168.1.1 for both Remote Host and Remote Queue. With this setup, it would accept jobs in the queue -- but they would just sit there and never print. Changing it to lp fixed this problem.

Good luck.. and I hope you're using Red Hat, or can at least use this knowledge to apply it to whatever tools you're using

 

[Idiot56209]

Where did the 192.169.1.1 come from? Did you assign that IP to the barricade? If I'm still using the default IP for the Barricade, I would put in 192.168.123.254?

Hmm.... I thought I'd been down this road, but I'll try it again.

Thanks!

 

[nd]

<< Where did the 192.169.1.1 come from? Did you assign that IP to the barricade? If I'm still using the default IP for the Barricade, I would put in 192.168.123.254?

Hmm.... I thought I'd been down this road, but I'll try it again.

Thanks! >>

Yeah, I assigned my Barricade to be 192.168.1.1, since it's more &quot;standard&quot; (well, what I'm used to) compared to 192.168.123.254 (what you put in).

 

[Idiot56209]

Cool. I'll try it.

 

[Idiot56209]

I swear that I've tried that before, but I just tried it today and it worked! :Q

I set my spool dir to /usr/spool and punched in the IP and lp for both the queue and printer name and it worked.

Slow as molasses, but it worked.

I had done what you did and name the queue the IP, and it lined up all the jobs in the queue so when I checked the status in lpq, it was two pages long after three days of trying to get it to work! :Q :Q

 

[nd]

Hmm, I'm a bit confused now.. you know I was saying to put &quot;lp&quot; (with an &quot;L&quot;, not an &quot;I&quot for the printer name, right?

 

[Idiot56209]

Yes. &quot;lp&quot;. I'm sure if you meant IP, you'd put IP.