Public bug reported:
I recently installed Gutsy on a laptop, and now would like to be able to
print from it. My printer is connected to a Mac Mini that is on the
same network as my laptop.
Here's what I did, as best I can remember:
* I clicked the System menu, and chose "Administration", then "Printing"
* I clicked the "Show printers shared by other systems" checkbox
* I clicked the "Apply" button
* Since the above two actions had no visible effect, I clicked the "Goto
Server" button, and typed "mac" (which is indeed the DNS name of the
Mac) into the "Connect to CUPS Server" window that opened. That made
the words "Local Printers" show up in the left-hand pane of the main
window; and below those words I saw "iP1500". So far, so good; "iP1500"
is in fact the model number of the printer connected to the Mac.
* I clicked the "Make default" button, but that popped up an error box
that said
CUPS Server Error
There was an error during the CUPS operation:
'client-error-forbidden'
So I clicked the "OK" button on the error box.
* I clicked "Print test page". It worked!
* I figured that should be enough, so I went to a shell and typed
echo heebie jeebie | lpr
I saw
lpr: Error - no default destination available.
So clearly there's more work for me to do.
* Since I couldn't think of anything better to do, I clicked the "New
Printer" button. That brought up a menu of about ten choices; I chose
"Internet Printing Protocol (ipp)", since that was the only choice that
sounded even vaguely familiar. I typed "mac" in the "Host" box, and
clicked the "Find Queue" button. That brought up a window with just one
entry, labeled "ip1500", so I chose that, and clicked "Forward".
* Then I saw a box that said "searching for drivers", and a dialog that
asked me to either "Select Printer From Database", or "Provide PPD
File". I had dim memories of using a dialog like this before, and being
unable to find my exact model number, so I remotely logged in to the
mac, and found what I assume is the right .ppd file at
/private/etc/cups/ppd/iP1500.ppd, scp'd it to the laptop, and entered
its name in the "Provide PPD File" area. I then clicked "Forward".
* I saw a "New Printer" dialog whose data looked reasonable, so I
clicked "Apply". I saw the exact same error box as before:
CUPS Server Error
There was an error during the CUPS operation:
'client-error-forbidden'
At this point I gave up, and consoled myself by reading Eric Raymond's
"The Luxury of Ignorance: An Open-Source Horror Story"
(http://www.catb.org/~esr/writings/cups-horror.html). That essay is now
at least four years old.
** Affects: ubuntu
Importance: Undecided
Status: New
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Can't print at all to remote printer
https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/175340
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