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On 16/03/12 06:31, Simon Waters wrote: > On 15/03/12 22:28, paul sutton wrote: >> Device URI is : lpd://BRN001BA956BDE6/BINARY_P1 >> printer status is : Processing - Unable to locate printer "BRN001BA956BDE6". >> >> on the printer BRN001BA956BDE6 is given under node name > I would guess that it expects to find BRN001BA956BDE6 as a name during > name resolution and didn't. > > Add to /etc/hosts perhaps? > ok looking at cat /etc/hosts i get psutton@E-machine:~$ cat /etc/hosts 127.0.0.1 localhost 127.0.1.1 E-machine # The following lines are desirable for IPv6 capable hosts ::1 ip6-localhost ip6-loopback fe00::0 ip6-localnet ff00::0 ip6-mcastprefix ff02::1 ip6-allnodes ff02::2 ip6-allrouters so i assume that i enter the ip address of the printer and in the 2nd column put the BRN001BA956BDE6 bit. Just confused what the other numbers mean, i understand the local host address (loopback) what is the 127.0.1.1 referring to my local machine, what is 127.0.1.1?, as it seems to the same thing as 127.0.0.1 if i enter it in to a web browser my website comes up (well the test version as I have apache running) Paul -- -- http://www.zleap.net http://www.ubuntu.com skype : psutton111 -- The Mailing List for the Devon & Cornwall LUG http://mailman.dclug.org.uk/listinfo/list FAQ: http://www.dcglug.org.uk/listfaq