make a networked printer available to a subnet

[E K]

--- On Thu, 9/16/10, Matt Price <moptop99-Re5JQEeQqe8AvxtiuMwx3w at public.gmane.org> wrote:

From: Matt Price <moptop99-Re5JQEeQqe8AvxtiuMwx3w at public.gmane.org>
Subject: [TLUG]: make a networked printer available to a subnet
To: "TLUG" <tlug-lxSQFCZeNF4 at public.gmane.org>
Received: Thursday, September 16, 2010, 1:09 AM

Hi folks,

we have two wireless routers in our hose:  

- an old linksys running tomato-pppoe so teksavvy an avoid the Bell throttling;
- a new d-link whose wireless network actually works, unlike the one on the linksys, which has been extremely erratic for years. 


The two routers are in separate parts of hte house, and our printer is attached (via cat5 cable) to the tomato-run router for arcane reasons.  It's an hp officejet (nice printing quality, a little slow & really expensive ink); here's the printers.conf listing from /etc/cups:

<DefaultPrinter HP-Officejet-Pro-8500-A909a>
Info HP Officejet Pro Print Function
Location Downstairs
MakeModel HP Officejet Pro 8500 a909a hpijs, 3.10.2
DeviceURI hp:/net/Officejet_Pro_8500_A909a?zc=HP73DA4B

State Idle
StateTime 1284560250
Type 8425500
Filter application/vnd.cups-raw 0 -
Filter application/vnd.cups-postscript 100 foomatic-rip
Filter application/vnd.cups-pdf 0 foomatic-rip
Accepting Yes
Shared Yes

JobSheets none none
QuotaPeriod 0
PageLimit 0
KLimit 0
OpPolicy default
ErrorPolicy retry-job
</Printer>

Here's my question:  how do I access this printer from the d-link's wireless network?  Do I have to open ports on one router or another?  The device uri has been converted to that odd hp:/, but as I remember it used to be and LPD queue on a fixed IP.  Again:  can I push the printer info out into the subnet, or is this a lost cause?  


Thanks as usual
matt

--------------------------

Hi Matt,

Do you have the two routers on the same network? Can you ping the printer from a computer connected to the other router?

If so, with cups, you may try to configure Internet printing protocol (ipp). you may need to open the ipp port which is 631.

HTH

EK




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