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Re: [LUG] Installing a Network Printer

 

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Richard Brown wrote:
> Hi Guys
>
> Having finally built a network and got it up and running, I need to
> configure Fedora 5 to work with a network printer. The printer is a
> Brother HL 2027N and it attached to a Netgear router. How do I go about
> setting this up please?
>
> Thanks
Hi Richard,

As long as it's got its' own IP you should just be able to use CUPS to
set it up.  Mine uses the router IP (although that's more because it
is a print server as well).

First I would check the router's status page to see what devices it
says are connected, e.g. 192.168.0.2 - Desktop, 192.168.0.3 - laptop,
192.168.0.4 - printer.

Once you know the printer's IP you can use:  localhost:631 to access
the web front end.  Then follow your nose to add a printer :)

You'll probably end up with something like lpd://192.168.0.4/lp -
where lp is the queue name.

Kind regards,

Julian
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