The Chromebook may be mix up - someone was seeking help with printing on wrong paper size from Chromebook, and the printer did not like that.
I thought that I am responding to that Chromebook person. Please disregard my conversation on this topic - I do not keep past Plug posts to be able to retrace my steps and figure it out. Apologies, if I caused confusion. Tomas On Wed, Apr 1, 2020, 08:42 Michael Barnes <barnmich...@gmail.com> wrote: > On Wed, Apr 1, 2020, 00:23 Tomas Kuchta <tomas.kuchta.li...@gmail.com> > wrote: > > > As I said before, I do not have Chromebook, but in chrome > > browser-settings-advanced-Printers > > > > It brings a dialogue which looks very much like customized cups frontend. > > > > There is also Google Cloud Print, which could be helpful. > > > > ... > > -T > > > > On Wed, Apr 1, 2020, 00:13 Tomas Kuchta <tomas.kuchta.li...@gmail.com> > > wrote: > > > > > 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 > > >>> _______________________________ > > > > I'm not sure why people are talking about a Chromebook. I don't recall ever > mentioning chromebook. > > I am running Mint 18.3 on an HP desktop I got from Free Geek about two > years ago. > > Everything was working fine until I changed routers about six months ago > and had to change the ip address for the printer. Nothing related to the > printer has worked right since. > > 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
