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Author: Michael Havens
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Subject: Re: Connecting to printer connected to another computer.
The other computer is ubuntu. As to the log I am unsure which one you want.
Probably /var/log/cups but I am unsure.
This is off of the wireless computer:

~$ more /var/log/cups/access_log
localhost - - [30/Jun/2012:16:10:54 -0700] "POST / HTTP/1.1" 200 185
Renew-Subsc
ription successful-ok
localhost - - [30/Jun/2012:17:09:14 -0700] "POST / HTTP/1.1" 200 185
Renew-Subsc
ription successful-ok
localhost - - [30/Jun/2012:17:09:27 -0700] "POST
/printers/HP_Photosmart_C7200_s
eries_Michaels-PC HTTP/1.1" 200 56997 Print-Job successful-ok
localhost - - [30/Jun/2012:17:09:31 -0700] "POST / HTTP/1.1" 200 343
Create-Prin
ter-Subscription successful-ok
localhost - - [30/Jun/2012:18:07:34 -0700] "POST / HTTP/1.1" 200 185
Renew-Subsc
ription successful-ok
tail /var/log/cups/access_log
localhost - - [30/Jun/2012:16:10:54 -0700] "POST / HTTP/1.1" 200 185
Renew-Subscription successful-ok
localhost - - [30/Jun/2012:17:09:14 -0700] "POST / HTTP/1.1" 200 185
Renew-Subscription successful-ok
localhost - - [30/Jun/2012:17:09:27 -0700] "POST
/printers/HP_Photosmart_C7200_series_Michaels-PC HTTP/1.1" 200 56997
Print-Job successful-ok
localhost - - [30/Jun/2012:17:09:31 -0700] "POST / HTTP/1.1" 200 343
Create-Printer-Subscription successful-ok
localhost - - [30/Jun/2012:18:07:34 -0700] "POST / HTTP/1.1" 200 185
Renew-Subscription successful-ok
bmike1@Michaels-Laptop:~$ more /var/log/cups/access_log
localhost - - [30/Jun/2012:16:10:54 -0700] "POST / HTTP/1.1" 200 185
Renew-Subsc
ription successful-ok
localhost - - [30/Jun/2012:17:09:14 -0700] "POST / HTTP/1.1" 200 185
Renew-Subsc
ription successful-ok
localhost - - [30/Jun/2012:17:09:27 -0700] "POST
/printers/HP_Photosmart_C7200_s
eries_Michaels-PC HTTP/1.1" 200 56997 Print-Job successful-ok
localhost - - [30/Jun/2012:17:09:31 -0700] "POST / HTTP/1.1" 200 343
Create-Prin
ter-Subscription successful-ok
localhost - - [30/Jun/2012:18:07:34 -0700] "POST / HTTP/1.1" 200 185
Renew-Subsc
ription successful-ok
bmike1@Michaels-Laptop:~$ tail /vag/log/cups.1.gz
tail: cannot open `/vag/log/cups.1.gz' for reading: No such file or
directory
bmike1@Michaels-Laptop:~$ /var/log/cups/access_log
bash: /var/log/cups/access_log: Permission denied
bmike1@Michaels-Laptop:~$ more /var/log/cups/access_log
localhost - - [30/Jun/2012:16:10:54 -0700] "POST / HTTP/1.1" 200 185
Renew-Subsc
ription successful-ok
localhost - - [30/Jun/2012:17:09:14 -0700] "POST / HTTP/1.1" 200 185
Renew-Subsc
ription successful-ok
localhost - - [30/Jun/2012:17:09:27 -0700] "POST
/printers/HP_Photosmart_C7200_s
eries_Michaels-PC HTTP/1.1" 200 56997 Print-Job successful-ok
localhost - - [30/Jun/2012:17:09:31 -0700] "POST / HTTP/1.1" 200 343
Create-Prin
ter-Subscription successful-ok
localhost - - [30/Jun/2012:18:07:34 -0700] "POST / HTTP/1.1" 200 185
Renew-Subsc
ription successful-ok
bmike1@Michaels-Laptop:~$



On Sat, Jun 30, 2012 at 6:41 PM, Lisa Kachold <>wrote:

> Okay, so this is a printer shared through another computer, right?
>
> Youubuntu 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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