On Monday 18 July 2011 20:59:18 Keith Roberts wrote: > On Mon, 18 Jul 2011, Keith Roberts wrote: > > > To: CentOS mailing list <centos at centos.org> > > From: Keith Roberts <keith at karsites.net> > > Subject: Re: [CentOS] CUPS LAN printing problem (from Vista) > > > > On Mon, 18 Jul 2011, m.roth at 5-cent.us wrote: > > > >> To: CentOS mailing list <centos at centos.org> > >> From: m.roth at 5-cent.us > >> Subject: Re: [CentOS] CUPS LAN printing problem (from Vista) > >> > >> Keith Roberts wrote: > >>> I have my main machine running Centos 5.6, and it has a HP > >>> Deskjet 810c printer physically attached to it. CUPSD > >>> broadcasts in on my LAN as the default printer. I can print > >>> to the default HP printer over the LAN, from a laptop > >>> running Centos 5.6. > >>> > >>> However, I do have problems trying to print to this > >>> same printer over the LAN, from a laptop running > >>> M$ Vista. > >>> > >>> Has anyone been able to print from a machine running M$ > >>> Windoze Vista to their CUPS LAN printer running on Centos > >>> 5.x please. All I need to know is yes, this works, or no > >>> it's not possible. > >> <snip> > >> Dunno 'bout 5.6, but 5.4, 5.5, sure. We had people doing that. > > > > Thanks Mark - that's all I need to know. > > > > If it works for 5.4/5 there's not reason for it not to work > > on 5.6 > > > > Now I know it's possible to do, I will spend time on reading > > the documentation and seeking a solution myself. > > > > I'm not looking to be spoon fed three times daily - LOL! > > OK, thanks again for confirming that Mark. I have it working > now fine. Here are the notes I've made for the next time I > have to reinstall Windoze Bista. > > ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ > > Install Wireshark, and then install the HP Deskjet 810c > Inkjet printer driver. (Use the 812c - it's close enough) > > Notes for setting up CUPS HP Deskjet 810c printer > to be able to print across LAN from Vista Home. > > Install the printer following this guide: > > http://www.divms.uiowa.edu/help/windows/printers_vista/ > > Using Wireshark Network Analyser I got the following error under > the IPP menu when trying to print a test document: > > Status-code: client-error-document-format-not-supported > > Googling for that returned the following forum article: > > http://mindspill.net/computing/cross-platform-notes/cups-client-error-document-format-not- supported.html > > Following the above article and making the suggested changes > fixed the printing from Vista to Centos 5.6 CUPS problem: > > The problem > > Printing fails from Windows, with the following message in > /var/log/cups/access_log (on the linux box): > > Print-Job client-error-document-format-not-supported > > The solution ? > > Make sure you've enabled support for Windows PCL drivers. > > Uncomment application/octet-stream in /etc/cups/mime.types > and uncomment application/octet-stream in /etc/cups/mime.convs. > > I made those changes, actually created a local.types and local.convs file > in /etc/cups/ and stopped and restarted the cups server. > > Restarting the print job under Vista, and the printer responded > immediately. The Status-code in Wireshark has now changed to > "succesful-ok" > > I got a Windows Printer Test Page with details of the printer > setup, and Additional files used by this driver." > Thanks for sharing this information Keith :) Regards