Re: Connecting to printer connected to another computer.

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Author: Lisa Kachold
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Subject: Re: Connecting to printer connected to another computer.
Okay, so this is a printer shared through another computer, right?

You can see the printer, but it says it's not plugged in. What is the
other computer?
Can you see logs from the other computer of access attempts.
What is it whining about?

On Sat, Jun 30, 2012 at 5:47 PM, Michael Havens <> wrote:

> I deleted the printer yesterday (in an attempt to get it to work) and
> re-detected with no problem.
>
>
> On Sat, Jun 30, 2012 at 5:44 PM, Michael Havens <> with
> no wrote:
>
>> but its on.... the computer it is hard wired too prints. There is no
>> cabling.... it is through the wifi. The laptop detected the printer
>> (wirelessly) so why can't it print to it (wirelessly).
>>
>>
>> On Sat, Jun 30, 2012 at 5:40 PM, Lisa Kachold <>wrote:
>>
>>> It says "Unplugged or turned off".
>>>
>>> That means basically it's "unplugged or turned off". Check the cabling.
>>>
>>>
>>> On Sat, Jun 30, 2012 at 5:11 PM, Michael Havens <>wrote:
>>>
>>>> #  ps -ef| grep cups
>>>> root       938     1  0 15:11 ?        00:00:00 /usr/sbin/cupsd -F
>>>> root      3379  3313  0 16:58 pts/1    00:00:00 grep --colour=auto cups
>>>> # netstat -antp | grep 631
>>>> tcp        0      0 0.0.0.0:631             0.0.0.0:*
>>>> LISTEN      938/cupsd
>>>> tcp6       0      0 :::631                  :::*
>>>>  LISTEN      938/cupsd
>>>> # lpstat -p
>>>> printer HP_Photosmart_C7200_series disabled since Thu 28 Jun 2012
>>>> 06:03:36 PM MST -
>>>> Unplugged or turned off
>>>> printer HP_Photosmart_C7200_series_Michaels-PC is idle.  enabled since
>>>> Fri 29 Jun 2012 01:07:25 AM MST
>>>> printer PDF is idle.  enabled since Sat 05 May 2012 12:15:13 PM MST
>>>> printer Photosmart-C7200-series-Fax disabled since Wed 09 May 2012
>>>> 10:18:09 AM MST -
>>>>  Unplugged or turned off

>>>>
>>>> On Sat, Jun 30, 2012 at 4:23 PM, Lisa Kachold <>wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> Hi Michael,
>>>>>
>>>>> On Sat, Jun 30, 2012 at 4:10 PM, Michael Havens <>wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>> Here's whats happening: I have a printer connected to the desktop in
>>>>>> my office. That prints fine.... all is good. I have a laptop that used to
>>>>>> print to the printer but ever since the hard driv e crashed and
>>>>>> I re-installed the OS it hasn't. I go to cups and go through the
>>>>>> printer-discovery process (and it does find it). But it will not print.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> # ps -ef }grep cups
>>>>> # netstat -antp | grep 631
>>>>> # lpstat -p
>>>>>
>>>>> See the full list of options:
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> http://www.g-loaded.eu/2005/11/10/using-a-cups-printer-from-command-line/
>>>>>
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