Moving printer configuration from KDE 3 to KDE 4.

[Boyd Stephen Smith Jr.]

In <880dece00905051126vd90a1bfx93e6f236e6cb4a10 at mail.gmail.com>, Dotan Cohen 
wrote:
>>>In KDE 3.5.0 I could enter the IP address of the router as the address
>>>of the print server and the printer worked fine. Not so in KDE 4.2.2.
>> You should be able to configure a print queue on your local cupsd to
>> print to a remote lpd or cupsd print queue.  Most likely, there is an
>> lpd or cupsd running on your router.  You should be able to browse to
>> http://localhost:631 to set this up.  When it asks for the printer /
>> server IP, you can use the IP of the router.

I should also mention, you might be able to browse to 
http://router_address:631 and get a control interface / list of printers, 
since you'll probably be asked the "remote queue name", or have to include 
it in the URL.

>The IP of the router must be in one of the following formats:

Probably one of these:
>http://192.168.0.1:631/ipp/
>http://192.168.0.1:631/ipp/port1
>ipp://192.168.0.1/ipp/
>ipp://192.168.0.1/ipp/port1
>lpd://192.168.0.1/queue

>Additionally, I have these protocols to choose from:

Probably one of these:
>Internet Printing Protocol (http)
>Internet Printing Protocol (ipp)
>LPD/LPR Host or Printer

You might run:
nmap -P0 -p80,515,631 router_address
to help identify when printing protocol is being used.
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