On Saturday 26 January 2002 13:34, Evert van den Bos wrote: > Hello everybody, > > I would like to install my HP 970 cxi printer in Mandrake but I want to > assign it to a tcp/ip port. My printer is not attached to the Mandrake box > but to a freesco box acting as a printer server. In windows this is fairly > simple. I just install the printer as if it was attached to my PC > (ingnoring messages the device is not found). Then I change the assigned > lpt1 port to the TCP/IP port ([EMAIL PROTECTED]). This port is created with > the installment of an AXIS driver. It works great in Windows and I would > like to do the same in Mandrake. But I have no idea how, and didn't find > any clues on the web yet. > > Thanks. > > Evertb
If you add your printer using the CUPS web tool (http://localhost:631/printers) you will see one of the options is to use 'Internet Printing Protocol', and then on the next page it shows some example addresses socket://hostname:9100 socket://hostname I've never needed to use it, but this looks like what you need. HTH derek
Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
