Re: [PLUG] Where are cups website files?

[Tomas Kuchta]

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  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.
>
> Looking at the source for localhost:631 it is looking for most of the files
> in help/
>
>   CUPS for Administrators href="admin">Adding Printers and Classes   href="help/policies.html">Managing Operation Policies  href="help/network.html">Using Network Printershref="help/man-cupsd.conf.html">cupsd.conf Reference
>
> And I can look in /usr/share/cups/doc-root/help/ and find the help
> files, but I can't find the
>
> original index or whatever the web page is using to see where they are
> actually wanting these files. Plus
>
> I can't see where it is trying to take me with
> Adding Printers and Classes
>
> This is a real challenge. Thanks for any ideas.
>
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Re: [PLUG] Where are cups website files?

[Michael Barnes]

On Tue, Mar 31, 2020 at 1:35 PM Tomas Kuchta 
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  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/, 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.

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Re: [PLUG] Where are cups website files?

[Tomas Kuchta]

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  wrote:

> On Tue, Mar 31, 2020 at 1:35 PM Tomas Kuchta  >
> 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 
> 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/, 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
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Re: [PLUG] Where are cups website files?

[Tomas Kuchta]

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 
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  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 
>> 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/, 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.
>>
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Re: [PLUG] Where are cups website files?

[Tomas Kuchta]

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 
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 
> 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  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 
>>> 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/, 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.
>>>
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Re: [PLUG] Where are cups website files?

[Michael Barnes]

On Wed, Apr 1, 2020, 00:23 Tomas Kuchta 
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 
> 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 
> > 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 
> 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 
> >>> 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/, 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.

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Re: [PLUG] Where are cups website files?

[Rich Shepard]

On Wed, 1 Apr 2020, Michael Barnes wrote:


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,

I don't know how Mint does things so my thoughts might not apply.

This looks like a local, LAN, issue. Do you have an /etc/hosts file or does
your router hand out local IP addresses via dhcpd?

Can you ping the printer's IP address or hostname?

Do you have an /etc/resolv.conf file? If so, what sayeth it?

Regards,

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Re: [PLUG] Where are cups website files?

[Tomas Kuchta]

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  wrote:

> On Wed, Apr 1, 2020, 00:23 Tomas Kuchta 
> 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 
> > 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  >
> > > 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 
> > 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 
> > >>> 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/, 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.
>
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Re: [PLUG] Where are cups website files?

[wes]

On Wed, Apr 1, 2020 at 11:10 AM Tomas Kuchta 
wrote:

> I do not keep past Plug posts to be able to retrace my steps
>

http://lists.pdxlinux.org/pipermail/plug/

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Re: [PLUG] Where are cups website files?

[Michael Barnes]

On Wed, Apr 1, 2020 at 9:00 AM Rich Shepard 
wrote:

> On Wed, 1 Apr 2020, Michael Barnes wrote:
>
> > 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,
>
> I don't know how Mint does things so my thoughts might not apply.
>
> This looks like a local, LAN, issue. Do you have an /etc/hosts file or does
> your router hand out local IP addresses via dhcpd?
>
> Can you ping the printer's IP address or hostname?
>
> Do you have an /etc/resolv.conf file? If so, what sayeth it?
>
> Regards,
>
> Rich
>

It has nothing to do with the network. It is  a problem with  printing from
this computer. I can ping the printer and I can bring up the printer
config/status web page. It is not communication. It is an hplip/cups issue.

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Re: [PLUG] Where are cups website files?

[Michael Barnes]

On Wed, Apr 1, 2020 at 11:09 AM Tomas Kuchta 
wrote:

> 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


Easy to do. No worries.

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Re: [PLUG] Where are cups website files?

[Ben Koenig]

Is this printer the  HP Color Laserjet 2600n that started printing washed
out colors for no reason?

On Thu, Apr 2, 2020 at 12:54 AM Michael Barnes 
wrote:

> On Wed, Apr 1, 2020 at 9:00 AM Rich Shepard 
> wrote:
>
> > On Wed, 1 Apr 2020, Michael Barnes wrote:
> >
> > > 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,
> >
> > I don't know how Mint does things so my thoughts might not apply.
> >
> > This looks like a local, LAN, issue. Do you have an /etc/hosts file or
> does
> > your router hand out local IP addresses via dhcpd?
> >
> > Can you ping the printer's IP address or hostname?
> >
> > Do you have an /etc/resolv.conf file? If so, what sayeth it?
> >
> > Regards,
> >
> > Rich
> >
>
> It has nothing to do with the network. It is  a problem with  printing from
> this computer. I can ping the printer and I can bring up the printer
> config/status web page. It is not communication. It is an hplip/cups issue.
>
> Michael
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Re: [PLUG] Where are cups website files?

[Michael Barnes]

On Thu, Apr 2, 2020 at 8:44 AM Ben Koenig  wrote:

> Is this printer the  HP Color Laserjet 2600n that started printing washed
> out colors for no reason?
>
> On Thu, Apr 2, 2020 at 12:54 AM Michael Barnes 
> wrote:
>
> > On Wed, Apr 1, 2020 at 9:00 AM Rich Shepard 
> > wrote:
> >
> > > On Wed, 1 Apr 2020, Michael Barnes wrote:
> > >
> > > > 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,
> > >
> > > I don't know how Mint does things so my thoughts might not apply.
> > >
> > > This looks like a local, LAN, issue. Do you have an /etc/hosts file or
> > does
> > > your router hand out local IP addresses via dhcpd?
> > >
> > > Can you ping the printer's IP address or hostname?
> > >
> > > Do you have an /etc/resolv.conf file? If so, what sayeth it?
> > >
> > > Regards,
> > >
> > > Rich
> > >
> >
> > It has nothing to do with the network. It is  a problem with  printing
> from
> > this computer. I can ping the printer and I can bring up the printer
> > config/status web page. It is not communication. It is an hplip/cups
> issue.
> >
> > Michael
> > 
>

Yes, this is a continuation of the original issue.

To recap:
About six months or so ago I replaced my router, which required changing
the IP address on my printer. After the IP address change, the print became
washed out with a yellow/greenish tint. At first I thought it was a printer
problem. Later, I discovered that it printed fine from my other computers.
It was suggested several times it may be a driver problem. I had asked how
to update or otherwise fix the driver problem, but got no replies. I got by
with it for a while as the colors were not a big issue at the time.
Recently, I had to change routers again, with IP address changes as well.
>From several other sources I was recommended to visit a web page that
discussed updating hplip. I followed the instructions there and installed
the latest version of hplip. The installation removed the previous version
of hplip and my previous printer information. Following the listed
procedure, it progressed fine until it started the printer install. Once it
discovered my printer, it said a special binary plugin was required and
proceeded to install it. The installation was successful, but it again said
the binary plugin was required. This repeated a number of times, plugin
required, install plugin, plugin installation successful, plugin required,
install... ad nauseum. Some Internet searches revealed many people had
experienced this behavior over at least eight years, but the complaints
were never answered or solved.

So, I tried to use cups and skip hplip. The various instructions all say to
go to localhost:631 for the web interface to cups. I verified cups is
installed and running. When I bring up the web interface, the opening pages
displays fine. However, any local link I click on simply goes to a page
that says "Not Found". Remote links to forums, cups websites, etc. all work
fine. There are a variety of help files, which I located at
/usr/share/cups/doc-root/help/. I can browse directly to that folder and
display the various helpfiles directly, but not through the localhost:631
home page. The  add printer command Adding Printers and Classes
(localhost:631/Admin) also says not found.

Now, neither hplip nor cups seem to be able to add my printer and I cannot
print at all from this computer. I think my next step might be to try to
remove hplip completely and reinstall cups and go that route. My other two
Mint computers do not seem to have hplip installed but only use cups and
they print just fine.

We'll see.

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Re: [PLUG] Where are cups website files?

[Tomas Kuchta]

What Linux distro are you using?


On Fri, Apr 3, 2020, 09:39 Michael Barnes  wrote:

> On Thu, Apr 2, 2020 at 8:44 AM Ben Koenig  wrote:
>
> > Is this printer the  HP Color Laserjet 2600n that started printing washed
> > out colors for no reason?
> >
> > On Thu, Apr 2, 2020 at 12:54 AM Michael Barnes 
> > wrote:
> >
> > > On Wed, Apr 1, 2020 at 9:00 AM Rich Shepard 
> > > wrote:
> > >
> > > > On Wed, 1 Apr 2020, Michael Barnes wrote:
> > > >
> > > > > 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,
> > > >
> > > > I don't know how Mint does things so my thoughts might not apply.
> > > >
> > > > This looks like a local, LAN, issue. Do you have an /etc/hosts file
> or
> > > does
> > > > your router hand out local IP addresses via dhcpd?
> > > >
> > > > Can you ping the printer's IP address or hostname?
> > > >
> > > > Do you have an /etc/resolv.conf file? If so, what sayeth it?
> > > >
> > > > Regards,
> > > >
> > > > Rich
> > > >
> > >
> > > It has nothing to do with the network. It is  a problem with  printing
> > from
> > > this computer. I can ping the printer and I can bring up the printer
> > > config/status web page. It is not communication. It is an hplip/cups
> > issue.
> > >
> > > Michael
> > > 
> >
>
> Yes, this is a continuation of the original issue.
>
> To recap:
> About six months or so ago I replaced my router, which required changing
> the IP address on my printer. After the IP address change, the print became
> washed out with a yellow/greenish tint. At first I thought it was a printer
> problem. Later, I discovered that it printed fine from my other computers.
> It was suggested several times it may be a driver problem. I had asked how
> to update or otherwise fix the driver problem, but got no replies. I got by
> with it for a while as the colors were not a big issue at the time.
> Recently, I had to change routers again, with IP address changes as well.
> From several other sources I was recommended to visit a web page that
> discussed updating hplip. I followed the instructions there and installed
> the latest version of hplip. The installation removed the previous version
> of hplip and my previous printer information. Following the listed
> procedure, it progressed fine until it started the printer install. Once it
> discovered my printer, it said a special binary plugin was required and
> proceeded to install it. The installation was successful, but it again said
> the binary plugin was required. This repeated a number of times, plugin
> required, install plugin, plugin installation successful, plugin required,
> install... ad nauseum. Some Internet searches revealed many people had
> experienced this behavior over at least eight years, but the complaints
> were never answered or solved.
>
> So, I tried to use cups and skip hplip. The various instructions all say to
> go to localhost:631 for the web interface to cups. I verified cups is
> installed and running. When I bring up the web interface, the opening pages
> displays fine. However, any local link I click on simply goes to a page
> that says "Not Found". Remote links to forums, cups websites, etc. all work
> fine. There are a variety of help files, which I located at
> /usr/share/cups/doc-root/help/. I can browse directly to that folder and
> display the various helpfiles directly, but not through the localhost:631
> home page. The  add printer command Adding Printers and Classes
> (localhost:631/Admin) also says not found.
>
> Now, neither hplip nor cups seem to be able to add my printer and I cannot
> print at all from this computer. I think my next step might be to try to
> remove hplip completely and reinstall cups and go that route. My other two
> Mint computers do not seem to have hplip installed but only use cups and
> they print just fine.
>
> We'll see.
>
> Michael
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Re: [PLUG] Where are cups website files?

[Michael Barnes]

On Fri, Apr 3, 2020 at 2:07 PM Tomas Kuchta 
wrote:

> What Linux distro are you using?
>
>
> On Fri, Apr 3, 2020, 09:39 Michael Barnes  wrote:
>
> > On Thu, Apr 2, 2020 at 8:44 AM Ben Koenig  wrote:
> >
> > > Is this printer the  HP Color Laserjet 2600n that started printing
> washed
> > > out colors for no reason?
> > >
> > > On Thu, Apr 2, 2020 at 12:54 AM Michael Barnes 
> > > wrote:
> > >
> > > > On Wed, Apr 1, 2020 at 9:00 AM Rich Shepard <
> rshep...@appl-ecosys.com>
> > > > wrote:
> > > >
> > > > > On Wed, 1 Apr 2020, Michael Barnes wrote:
> > > > >
> > > > > > 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,
> > > > >
> > > > > I don't know how Mint does things so my thoughts might not apply.
> > > > >
> > > > > This looks like a local, LAN, issue. Do you have an /etc/hosts file
> > or
> > > > does
> > > > > your router hand out local IP addresses via dhcpd?
> > > > >
> > > > > Can you ping the printer's IP address or hostname?
> > > > >
> > > > > Do you have an /etc/resolv.conf file? If so, what sayeth it?
> > > > >
> > > > > Regards,
> > > > >
> > > > > Rich
> > > > >
> > > >
> > > > It has nothing to do with the network. It is  a problem with
> printing
> > > from
> > > > this computer. I can ping the printer and I can bring up the printer
> > > > config/status web page. It is not communication. It is an hplip/cups
> > > issue.
> > > >
> > > > Michael
> > > > 
> > >
> >
> > Yes, this is a continuation of the original issue.
> >
> > To recap:
> > About six months or so ago I replaced my router, which required changing
> > the IP address on my printer. After the IP address change, the print
> became
> > washed out with a yellow/greenish tint. At first I thought it was a
> printer
> > problem. Later, I discovered that it printed fine from my other
> computers.
> > It was suggested several times it may be a driver problem. I had asked
> how
> > to update or otherwise fix the driver problem, but got no replies. I got
> by
> > with it for a while as the colors were not a big issue at the time.
> > Recently, I had to change routers again, with IP address changes as well.
> > From several other sources I was recommended to visit a web page that
> > discussed updating hplip. I followed the instructions there and installed
> > the latest version of hplip. The installation removed the previous
> version
> > of hplip and my previous printer information. Following the listed
> > procedure, it progressed fine until it started the printer install. Once
> it
> > discovered my printer, it said a special binary plugin was required and
> > proceeded to install it. The installation was successful, but it again
> said
> > the binary plugin was required. This repeated a number of times, plugin
> > required, install plugin, plugin installation successful, plugin
> required,
> > install... ad nauseum. Some Internet searches revealed many people had
> > experienced this behavior over at least eight years, but the complaints
> > were never answered or solved.
> >
> > So, I tried to use cups and skip hplip. The various instructions all say
> to
> > go to localhost:631 for the web interface to cups. I verified cups is
> > installed and running. When I bring up the web interface, the opening
> pages
> > displays fine. However, any local link I click on simply goes to a page
> > that says "Not Found". Remote links to forums, cups websites, etc. all
> work
> > fine. There are a variety of help files, which I located at
> > /usr/share/cups/doc-root/help/. I can browse directly to that folder and
> > display the various helpfiles directly, but not through the localhost:631
> > home page. The  add printer command Adding Printers and Classes
> > (localhost:631/Admin) also says not found.
> >
> > Now, neither hplip nor cups seem to be able to add my printer and I
> cannot
> > print at all from this computer. I think my next step might be to try to
> > remove hplip completely and reinstall cups and go that route. My other
> two
> > Mint computers do not seem to have hplip installed but only use cups and
> > they print just fine.
> >
> > We'll see.
> >
> > Michael
>

Linux Mint 18.3

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Re: [PLUG] Where are cups website files?

[Michael Barnes]

On Fri, Apr 3, 2020 at 7:06 PM Michael Barnes  wrote:

>
>
> On Fri, Apr 3, 2020 at 2:07 PM Tomas Kuchta 
> wrote:
>
>> What Linux distro are you using?
>>
>>
>> On Fri, Apr 3, 2020, 09:39 Michael Barnes  wrote:
>>
>> > On Thu, Apr 2, 2020 at 8:44 AM Ben Koenig  wrote:
>> >
>> > > Is this printer the  HP Color Laserjet 2600n that started printing
>> washed
>> > > out colors for no reason?
>> > >
>> > > On Thu, Apr 2, 2020 at 12:54 AM Michael Barnes > >
>> > > wrote:
>> > >
>> > > > On Wed, Apr 1, 2020 at 9:00 AM Rich Shepard <
>> rshep...@appl-ecosys.com>
>> > > > wrote:
>> > > >
>> > > > > On Wed, 1 Apr 2020, Michael Barnes wrote:
>> > > > >
>> > > > > > 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,
>> > > > >
>> > > > > I don't know how Mint does things so my thoughts might not apply.
>> > > > >
>> > > > > This looks like a local, LAN, issue. Do you have an /etc/hosts
>> file
>> > or
>> > > > does
>> > > > > your router hand out local IP addresses via dhcpd?
>> > > > >
>> > > > > Can you ping the printer's IP address or hostname?
>> > > > >
>> > > > > Do you have an /etc/resolv.conf file? If so, what sayeth it?
>> > > > >
>> > > > > Regards,
>> > > > >
>> > > > > Rich
>> > > > >
>> > > >
>> > > > It has nothing to do with the network. It is  a problem with
>> printing
>> > > from
>> > > > this computer. I can ping the printer and I can bring up the printer
>> > > > config/status web page. It is not communication. It is an hplip/cups
>> > > issue.
>> > > >
>> > > > Michael
>> > > > 
>> > >
>> >
>> > Yes, this is a continuation of the original issue.
>> >
>> > To recap:
>> > About six months or so ago I replaced my router, which required changing
>> > the IP address on my printer. After the IP address change, the print
>> became
>> > washed out with a yellow/greenish tint. At first I thought it was a
>> printer
>> > problem. Later, I discovered that it printed fine from my other
>> computers.
>> > It was suggested several times it may be a driver problem. I had asked
>> how
>> > to update or otherwise fix the driver problem, but got no replies. I
>> got by
>> > with it for a while as the colors were not a big issue at the time.
>> > Recently, I had to change routers again, with IP address changes as
>> well.
>> > From several other sources I was recommended to visit a web page that
>> > discussed updating hplip. I followed the instructions there and
>> installed
>> > the latest version of hplip. The installation removed the previous
>> version
>> > of hplip and my previous printer information. Following the listed
>> > procedure, it progressed fine until it started the printer install.
>> Once it
>> > discovered my printer, it said a special binary plugin was required and
>> > proceeded to install it. The installation was successful, but it again
>> said
>> > the binary plugin was required. This repeated a number of times, plugin
>> > required, install plugin, plugin installation successful, plugin
>> required,
>> > install... ad nauseum. Some Internet searches revealed many people had
>> > experienced this behavior over at least eight years, but the complaints
>> > were never answered or solved.
>> >
>> > So, I tried to use cups and skip hplip. The various instructions all
>> say to
>> > go to localhost:631 for the web interface to cups. I verified cups is
>> > installed and running. When I bring up the web interface, the opening
>> pages
>> > displays fine. However, any local link I click on simply goes to a page
>> > that says "Not Found". Remote links to forums, cups websites, etc. all
>> work
>> > fine. There are a variety of help files, which I located at
>> > /usr/share/cups/doc-root/help/. I can browse directly to that folder and
>> > display the various helpfiles directly, but not through the
>> localhost:631
>> > home page. The  add printer command Adding Printers and Classes
>> > (localhost:631/Admin) also says not found.
>> >
>> > Now, neither hplip nor cups seem to be able to add my printer and I
>> cannot
>> > print at all from this computer. I think my next step might be to try to
>> > remove hplip completely and reinstall cups and go that route. My other
>> two
>> > Mint computers do not seem to have hplip installed but only use cups and
>> > they print just fine.
>> >
>> > We'll see.
>> >
>> > Michael
>>
>
> Linux Mint 18.3
>
> Michael
>
>

I managed to dump hplip. I reinstalled cups with
$ sudo apt install cups
and that seemed to go well. At least now the web interface is working
properly.
I go to Add Printers and Classes from the web interface and select Add
Printers.
It shows my printer listed twice. One choice shows the connection as
dnssd://HP%20Color%20LaserJet%202600n._pdl-datastream._tcp.local/
The other option says:
socket://192.

Re: [PLUG] Where are cups website files?

[Ben Koenig]

On Sat, Apr 4, 2020 at 3:18 PM Michael Barnes  wrote:

> On Fri, Apr 3, 2020 at 7:06 PM Michael Barnes 
> wrote:
>
> >
> >
> > On Fri, Apr 3, 2020 at 2:07 PM Tomas Kuchta <
> tomas.kuchta.li...@gmail.com>
> > wrote:
> >
> >> What Linux distro are you using?
> >>
> >>
> >> On Fri, Apr 3, 2020, 09:39 Michael Barnes 
> wrote:
> >>
> >> > On Thu, Apr 2, 2020 at 8:44 AM Ben Koenig 
> wrote:
> >> >
> >> > > Is this printer the  HP Color Laserjet 2600n that started printing
> >> washed
> >> > > out colors for no reason?
> >> > >
> >> > > On Thu, Apr 2, 2020 at 12:54 AM Michael Barnes <
> barnmich...@gmail.com
> >> >
> >> > > wrote:
> >> > >
> >> > > > On Wed, Apr 1, 2020 at 9:00 AM Rich Shepard <
> >> rshep...@appl-ecosys.com>
> >> > > > wrote:
> >> > > >
> >> > > > > On Wed, 1 Apr 2020, Michael Barnes wrote:
> >> > > > >
> >> > > > > > 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,
> >> > > > >
> >> > > > > I don't know how Mint does things so my thoughts might not
> apply.
> >> > > > >
> >> > > > > This looks like a local, LAN, issue. Do you have an /etc/hosts
> >> file
> >> > or
> >> > > > does
> >> > > > > your router hand out local IP addresses via dhcpd?
> >> > > > >
> >> > > > > Can you ping the printer's IP address or hostname?
> >> > > > >
> >> > > > > Do you have an /etc/resolv.conf file? If so, what sayeth it?
> >> > > > >
> >> > > > > Regards,
> >> > > > >
> >> > > > > Rich
> >> > > > >
> >> > > >
> >> > > > It has nothing to do with the network. It is  a problem with
> >> printing
> >> > > from
> >> > > > this computer. I can ping the printer and I can bring up the
> printer
> >> > > > config/status web page. It is not communication. It is an
> hplip/cups
> >> > > issue.
> >> > > >
> >> > > > Michael
> >> > > > 
> >> > >
> >> >
> >> > Yes, this is a continuation of the original issue.
> >> >
> >> > To recap:
> >> > About six months or so ago I replaced my router, which required
> changing
> >> > the IP address on my printer. After the IP address change, the print
> >> became
> >> > washed out with a yellow/greenish tint. At first I thought it was a
> >> printer
> >> > problem. Later, I discovered that it printed fine from my other
> >> computers.
> >> > It was suggested several times it may be a driver problem. I had asked
> >> how
> >> > to update or otherwise fix the driver problem, but got no replies. I
> >> got by
> >> > with it for a while as the colors were not a big issue at the time.
> >> > Recently, I had to change routers again, with IP address changes as
> >> well.
> >> > From several other sources I was recommended to visit a web page that
> >> > discussed updating hplip. I followed the instructions there and
> >> installed
> >> > the latest version of hplip. The installation removed the previous
> >> version
> >> > of hplip and my previous printer information. Following the listed
> >> > procedure, it progressed fine until it started the printer install.
> >> Once it
> >> > discovered my printer, it said a special binary plugin was required
> and
> >> > proceeded to install it. The installation was successful, but it again
> >> said
> >> > the binary plugin was required. This repeated a number of times,
> plugin
> >> > required, install plugin, plugin installation successful, plugin
> >> required,
> >> > install... ad nauseum. Some Internet searches revealed many people had
> >> > experienced this behavior over at least eight years, but the
> complaints
> >> > were never answered or solved.
> >> >
> >> > So, I tried to use cups and skip hplip. The various instructions all
> >> say to
> >> > go to localhost:631 for the web interface to cups. I verified cups is
> >> > installed and running. When I bring up the web interface, the opening
> >> pages
> >> > displays fine. However, any local link I click on simply goes to a
> page
> >> > that says "Not Found". Remote links to forums, cups websites, etc. all
> >> work
> >> > fine. There are a variety of help files, which I located at
> >> > /usr/share/cups/doc-root/help/. I can browse directly to that folder
> and
> >> > display the various helpfiles directly, but not through the
> >> localhost:631
> >> > home page. The  add printer command Adding Printers and Classes
> >> > (localhost:631/Admin) also says not
> found.
> >> >
> >> > Now, neither hplip nor cups seem to be able to add my printer and I
> >> cannot
> >> > print at all from this computer. I think my next step might be to try
> to
> >> > remove hplip completely and reinstall cups and go that route. My other
> >> two
> >> > Mint computers do not seem to have hplip installed but only use cups
> and
> >> > they print just fine.
> >> >
> >> > We'll see.
> >> >
> >> > Michael
> >>
> >
> > Linux Mint 18.3
> >
> > Michael

Re: [PLUG] Where are cups website files?

[Michael Barnes]

On Sat, Apr 4, 2020 at 3:32 PM Ben Koenig  wrote:

> On Sat, Apr 4, 2020 at 3:18 PM Michael Barnes 
> wrote:
>
> > On Fri, Apr 3, 2020 at 7:06 PM Michael Barnes 
> > wrote:
> >
> > >
> > >
> > > On Fri, Apr 3, 2020 at 2:07 PM Tomas Kuchta <
> > tomas.kuchta.li...@gmail.com>
> > > wrote:
> > >
> > >> What Linux distro are you using?
> > >>
> > >>
> > >> On Fri, Apr 3, 2020, 09:39 Michael Barnes 
> > wrote:
> > >>
> > >> > On Thu, Apr 2, 2020 at 8:44 AM Ben Koenig 
> > wrote:
> > >> >
> > >> > > Is this printer the  HP Color Laserjet 2600n that started printing
> > >> washed
> > >> > > out colors for no reason?
> > >> > >
> > >> > > On Thu, Apr 2, 2020 at 12:54 AM Michael Barnes <
> > barnmich...@gmail.com
> > >> >
> > >> > > wrote:
> > >> > >
> > >> > > > On Wed, Apr 1, 2020 at 9:00 AM Rich Shepard <
> > >> rshep...@appl-ecosys.com>
> > >> > > > wrote:
> > >> > > >
> > >> > > > > On Wed, 1 Apr 2020, Michael Barnes wrote:
> > >> > > > >
> > >> > > > > > 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,
> > >> > > > >
> > >> > > > > I don't know how Mint does things so my thoughts might not
> > apply.
> > >> > > > >
> > >> > > > > This looks like a local, LAN, issue. Do you have an /etc/hosts
> > >> file
> > >> > or
> > >> > > > does
> > >> > > > > your router hand out local IP addresses via dhcpd?
> > >> > > > >
> > >> > > > > Can you ping the printer's IP address or hostname?
> > >> > > > >
> > >> > > > > Do you have an /etc/resolv.conf file? If so, what sayeth it?
> > >> > > > >
> > >> > > > > Regards,
> > >> > > > >
> > >> > > > > Rich
> > >> > > > >
> > >> > > >
> > >> > > > It has nothing to do with the network. It is  a problem with
> > >> printing
> > >> > > from
> > >> > > > this computer. I can ping the printer and I can bring up the
> > printer
> > >> > > > config/status web page. It is not communication. It is an
> > hplip/cups
> > >> > > issue.
> > >> > > >
> > >> > > > Michael
> > >> > > > 
> > >> > >
> > >> >
> > >> > Yes, this is a continuation of the original issue.
> > >> >
> > >> > To recap:
> > >> > About six months or so ago I replaced my router, which required
> > changing
> > >> > the IP address on my printer. After the IP address change, the print
> > >> became
> > >> > washed out with a yellow/greenish tint. At first I thought it was a
> > >> printer
> > >> > problem. Later, I discovered that it printed fine from my other
> > >> computers.
> > >> > It was suggested several times it may be a driver problem. I had
> asked
> > >> how
> > >> > to update or otherwise fix the driver problem, but got no replies. I
> > >> got by
> > >> > with it for a while as the colors were not a big issue at the time.
> > >> > Recently, I had to change routers again, with IP address changes as
> > >> well.
> > >> > From several other sources I was recommended to visit a web page
> that
> > >> > discussed updating hplip. I followed the instructions there and
> > >> installed
> > >> > the latest version of hplip. The installation removed the previous
> > >> version
> > >> > of hplip and my previous printer information. Following the listed
> > >> > procedure, it progressed fine until it started the printer install.
> > >> Once it
> > >> > discovered my printer, it said a special binary plugin was required
> > and
> > >> > proceeded to install it. The installation was successful, but it
> again
> > >> said
> > >> > the binary plugin was required. This repeated a number of times,
> > plugin
> > >> > required, install plugin, plugin installation successful, plugin
> > >> required,
> > >> > install... ad nauseum. Some Internet searches revealed many people
> had
> > >> > experienced this behavior over at least eight years, but the
> > complaints
> > >> > were never answered or solved.
> > >> >
> > >> > So, I tried to use cups and skip hplip. The various instructions all
> > >> say to
> > >> > go to localhost:631 for the web interface to cups. I verified cups
> is
> > >> > installed and running. When I bring up the web interface, the
> opening
> > >> pages
> > >> > displays fine. However, any local link I click on simply goes to a
> > page
> > >> > that says "Not Found". Remote links to forums, cups websites, etc.
> all
> > >> work
> > >> > fine. There are a variety of help files, which I located at
> > >> > /usr/share/cups/doc-root/help/. I can browse directly to that folder
> > and
> > >> > display the various helpfiles directly, but not through the
> > >> localhost:631
> > >> > home page. The  add printer command Adding Printers and Classes
> > >> > (localhost:631/Admin) also says not
> > found.
> > >> >
> > >> > Now, neither hplip nor cups seem to be able to add my printer and I
> > >> cannot
> > >> > print at all from this 

Re: [PLUG] Where are cups website files?

[Ben Koenig]

Common problem. What you are seeing is not an unusual way for cups to fail.
There are a lit of fiddly settings that have to be set and if one of them
is out of line, it all fails.

One of the reasons you won't find a huge amount of meaningful advice online
is because this is a difficult problem to troubleshoot via the internet.
You need to reproduce the setup from your other machines on this one.
Simply changing the protocol may not be enough.

Normally when you add the printer from scratch, you select the protocol,
and it walks you through the other settings based on that. I've run into a
lot of problems when attempting to change them after the fact.
-Ben

On Sat, Apr 4, 2020 at 4:32 PM Michael Barnes  wrote:

> On Sat, Apr 4, 2020 at 3:32 PM Ben Koenig  wrote:
>
> > On Sat, Apr 4, 2020 at 3:18 PM Michael Barnes 
> > wrote:
> >
> > > On Fri, Apr 3, 2020 at 7:06 PM Michael Barnes 
> > > wrote:
> > >
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > On Fri, Apr 3, 2020 at 2:07 PM Tomas Kuchta <
> > > tomas.kuchta.li...@gmail.com>
> > > > wrote:
> > > >
> > > >> What Linux distro are you using?
> > > >>
> > > >>
> > > >> On Fri, Apr 3, 2020, 09:39 Michael Barnes 
> > > wrote:
> > > >>
> > > >> > On Thu, Apr 2, 2020 at 8:44 AM Ben Koenig 
> > > wrote:
> > > >> >
> > > >> > > Is this printer the  HP Color Laserjet 2600n that started
> printing
> > > >> washed
> > > >> > > out colors for no reason?
> > > >> > >
> > > >> > > On Thu, Apr 2, 2020 at 12:54 AM Michael Barnes <
> > > barnmich...@gmail.com
> > > >> >
> > > >> > > wrote:
> > > >> > >
> > > >> > > > On Wed, Apr 1, 2020 at 9:00 AM Rich Shepard <
> > > >> rshep...@appl-ecosys.com>
> > > >> > > > wrote:
> > > >> > > >
> > > >> > > > > On Wed, 1 Apr 2020, Michael Barnes wrote:
> > > >> > > > >
> > > >> > > > > > 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,
> > > >> > > > >
> > > >> > > > > I don't know how Mint does things so my thoughts might not
> > > apply.
> > > >> > > > >
> > > >> > > > > This looks like a local, LAN, issue. Do you have an
> /etc/hosts
> > > >> file
> > > >> > or
> > > >> > > > does
> > > >> > > > > your router hand out local IP addresses via dhcpd?
> > > >> > > > >
> > > >> > > > > Can you ping the printer's IP address or hostname?
> > > >> > > > >
> > > >> > > > > Do you have an /etc/resolv.conf file? If so, what sayeth it?
> > > >> > > > >
> > > >> > > > > Regards,
> > > >> > > > >
> > > >> > > > > Rich
> > > >> > > > >
> > > >> > > >
> > > >> > > > It has nothing to do with the network. It is  a problem with
> > > >> printing
> > > >> > > from
> > > >> > > > this computer. I can ping the printer and I can bring up the
> > > printer
> > > >> > > > config/status web page. It is not communication. It is an
> > > hplip/cups
> > > >> > > issue.
> > > >> > > >
> > > >> > > > Michael
> > > >> > > > 
> > > >> > >
> > > >> >
> > > >> > Yes, this is a continuation of the original issue.
> > > >> >
> > > >> > To recap:
> > > >> > About six months or so ago I replaced my router, which required
> > > changing
> > > >> > the IP address on my printer. After the IP address change, the
> print
> > > >> became
> > > >> > washed out with a yellow/greenish tint. At first I thought it was
> a
> > > >> printer
> > > >> > problem. Later, I discovered that it printed fine from my other
> > > >> computers.
> > > >> > It was suggested several times it may be a driver problem. I had
> > asked
> > > >> how
> > > >> > to update or otherwise fix the driver problem, but got no
> replies. I
> > > >> got by
> > > >> > with it for a while as the colors were not a big issue at the
> time.
> > > >> > Recently, I had to change routers again, with IP address changes
> as
> > > >> well.
> > > >> > From several other sources I was recommended to visit a web page
> > that
> > > >> > discussed updating hplip. I followed the instructions there and
> > > >> installed
> > > >> > the latest version of hplip. The installation removed the previous
> > > >> version
> > > >> > of hplip and my previous printer information. Following the listed
> > > >> > procedure, it progressed fine until it started the printer
> install.
> > > >> Once it
> > > >> > discovered my printer, it said a special binary plugin was
> required
> > > and
> > > >> > proceeded to install it. The installation was successful, but it
> > again
> > > >> said
> > > >> > the binary plugin was required. This repeated a number of times,
> > > plugin
> > > >> > required, install plugin, plugin installation successful, plugin
> > > >> required,
> > > >> > install... ad nauseum. Some Internet searches revealed many people
> > had
> > > >> > experienced this behavior over at least eight years, but the
> > > complaints
> > > >> > were never answered or solved.
> > >