> > > What is the ip address for the printer? > > Quick and dirty: "cat /etc/cups/printers.conf | grep URI" > > > /snip/ > this does not produce an ip address, it produces the name of > > the printer and the printer and the computer port it's connected to: > > DeviceURI hp:/par/HP_LaserJet_2200?device=/dev/parport0 Hi, I'd say that is because you havent connected the printer via ethernet, but through a parallel port. Therefore CUPS uses an hp:/-protocol URI, probably to call hplibs. Note that the port is part of the URI, as the name of the printer.
Greetings Simon
