Can't print via D-link DPR-1260

Can you ping the server. I'm guessing 192.168.1.12 is the IP of the print server.

Yup, i can ping it.

I can also reach the browser based configuration page for the device, and it functions with the XP machine. So, it is apparently functioning and connected to the network just fine.

I figure the problem is either:
A. I do not have the unit configured correctly to work with Ubuntu (I think enabling LPD is all that is supposed to be necessary).

B I am not correctly telling Ubuntu how to use it, My money is on this one, as I am a Linux newbie,

http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=207005

I had already seen the answer referenced above. That's where I got most of the ideas I have tried so far. I did re-read it, and think I understand everything, I tried every variation I can think of on those answers, but still no go. Apparently I am missing something, but I have no idea what it might be.

I am definitely having a crisis of faith here.

Besides the printer trouble (There's a Saturday I'll never get back) I find the media player (Rhythmbox) to be pretty weak. It's missing codecs and I don't understand how to get them, album art doesn't get retrieved.

I suppose it's all part of learning a new OS, but I am about this |---| far from just putting XP back on this thing, I like Ubuntu better, but at least I understood XP. I may not be geek enough to fight through the inevitable learning curve.

http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=810161

Bummer. The "experts-exchange" link needs some sort of subscription,
apparently. As much as I basically liked it, I have about reached my
saturation point with Ubuntu. I have put XP back on the thing, At least I
understand it.

On Sun, Jul 25, 2010 at 4:28 PM, actionparsnip <
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> Your question #118887 on cups in ubuntu changed:
> https://answers.edge.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/cups/+question/118887
>
> Status: Open => Answered
>
> actionparsnip proposed the following answer:
> Seems you use the network installer for printers to specify the IP as
> 192.168.1.12 and the port as the port listed on the web controller page
> (port 1,2,3 & 4 sound sensible). See what you get.
>
> Seems to be answered here but needs an account:
> http://www.experts-exchange.com/OS/Linux/Printing/Q_22712135.html
>
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John Peschken
Maple Grove, Minnesota, USA

Well, my frustration has subsided a little. I'm running on XP now. I am warming to the idea of trying Ubuntu again. The replies here all suggest things I have already tried, so I'm thinking I must have been close to making it work but missed something somehow. I know the hardware works if I'm not using Ubuntu and others have used this hardware with Ubuntu, so it must be a configuration problem. I think I just need to put on my patience hat and try again soon.

Just a curiosity please tell do you have installed Ubuntu in dual boot mode... so you can boot your pc using Ubuntu or Win ?

Thank you

  No. It was Ubuntu only. For now, I have gone back to WinXP.

On 7/26/2010 6:10 AM, marcobra (Marco Braida) wrote:
> Your question #118887 on cups in ubuntu changed:
> https://answers.edge.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/cups/+question/118887
>
> Status: Open => Needs information
>
> marcobra (Marco Braida) requested for more information:
> Just a curiosity please tell do you have installed Ubuntu in dual boot
> mode... so you can boot your pc using Ubuntu or Win ?
>
> Thank you
>

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John Peschken Maple Grove, MN, USA

As a suggestion: to have future better experience install and use Ubuntu in dual boot mode.

I usually install it on Win damaged pc (viruses or spyware), Ubuntu can access to Win partitions, in this way i found it is useful as a rescue to clean or recover data from unbootable Win.

After installed and configured my customer are happy to use it and them don't use window anymore.

The best i can do for my customers is to install Windows in virtualbox so they can use Ubuntu and Win at the same time.

Good luck and best regards

 I finally got it to work. It's not really a bug. There were two reasons for my troubles.

I finally figured out that the host field in the LPD.LPR print setup box wanted an ip address. I had been trying to use the host name, shown as "DPR1260 (dlink-fbfce8)" when you look at the configuration page of the DPR1260. I had tried the whole host name, and each of the two parts of it separately. Maybe there is a way to make it clearer that this field needs (might need?) an ip address not a name. If it's always an ip, maybe a " . . . " template would help.

This was complicated by the fact that the ip address of the dLink was jumping around. It was in DHCP mode. My failed attempts to use a host name of some sort was causing the dLink to lock up. On resetting, the ip address would change. I was trying to connect to a moving target.

So, it was the combination of trying to hit a moving target print server and not knowing I needed an ip rather than a name for the host.

You can add a name to IP resolution in /etc/hosts

You can then use a name but if its working ok then don't touch it :)

So please put this question into solved state

Thank you

Thanks actionparsnip, that solved my question.