Here are some links to try: http://localhost:631/admin http://localhost:631/printers
I do not have a printer configured to find where in /etc/cups is the printer config. You probably do not have /etc/cups on the Chromebook anyway. Hope it helps, -T On Tue, Mar 31, 2020, 23:56 Tomas Kuchta <tomas.kuchta.li...@gmail.com> wrote: > The setup pages are likely active pages - meaning - you are looking for > script or executable generating the HTML displayed by the browser. > > Without further digging (it is too late now), I am not sure what the > executable is - it is using template to format the page in : > /usr/share/cups/templates/admin.tmpl on my system. > > Tomas > > On Tue, Mar 31, 2020, 23:10 Michael Barnes <barnmich...@gmail.com> wrote: > >> On Tue, Mar 31, 2020 at 1:35 PM Tomas Kuchta < >> tomas.kuchta.li...@gmail.com> >> wrote: >> >> > I am afraid that if cups http interface does not respond properly - it >> will >> > likely not be able to be configured this way - most of the content is >> > active - not in files. >> > >> > In any case - you could always try to navigate to URLs as if they would >> be >> > on your desktop to list/add printers. >> > >> > Tomas >> > >> > On Tue, Mar 31, 2020, 01:09 Michael Barnes <barnmich...@gmail.com> >> wrote: >> > >> > > Still fighting printer problems. I tried going to the cups management >> > page >> > > at localhost:631. I get the index page, but every line I click on >> brings >> > up >> > > a window that says "Not Found". Not much help. Where is it looking fo >> > these >> > > files? I think I found some of them in /usr/share/cups/doc-root/help/ >> but >> > > that apparently is not where the website is looking for them. >> > > >> > >> . >> I think I understand that. What I can't figure out is how to navigate to >> it. When I point my browser to localhost:631, where is it looking? There >> has to be some kind of index.html or something to generate the main web >> page. There has to be some kind of source file. The links on that page for >> the various instructions point to localhost:631/help/<file>, but when I >> click on them, it says "Not Found". I have found the various files at >> /usr/share/cups/doc-root/help/ and I can point the browser at >> /usr/share/cups/doc-root/help/overview.html and read the page. However for >> actions like "Adding Printers and Classes" the link says >> localhost:631/admin. Like everything else, clicking on that returns "Not >> Found". Admin has to be a file, link, command, something, but what and >> where? If I knew where it was, maybe I could find it, navigate to it, and >> move on. >> It is looking like hplip is my main problem. Looking at my other computer, >> it looks like hplip isn't even installed, that it is only using cups. >> Maybe >> I need to remove hplip and just use cups. Maybe I need to reinstall cups. >> If I can figure out how to do that. >> >> Michael >> _______________________________________________ >> PLUG mailing list >> PLUG@pdxlinux.org >> http://lists.pdxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug >> > _______________________________________________ PLUG mailing list PLUG@pdxlinux.org http://lists.pdxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug
