Moving printer configuration from KDE 3 to KDE 4.

[Billie Erin Walsh]

Dotan Cohen wrote:
>> Not knowing anything about this .... :
>>
>> I don't think that KDE-4 needs to find your network printer.  My best
>> guess is that CUPS needs to find your network printer.
>>
>>     
>
> ‏Yes, that is the conclusion that I have come to. I did not realize
> this at the beginning of the thread.
>
>   
>> Are you using DHCP?
>>     
>
> Yes, as assigned by the router.
>
>   
>>  Does it find your network printer?
>>
>>     
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> How would I know that? How can I search for it?
>
>   
>> Does the CUPS web page setup find your network printer?
>>
>>     
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> The CUPS web page setup does not have a search function. I enter
> configuration for what I _think_ it should be, but I cannot seem to
> get it right.
>
>   
>> It would appear then that the popup was correct -- CUPS can't connect to
>> the printer
>>
>>     
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> Yes.
>
>   
>> Are you using the wireless connection to go from the computer to the
>> router?
>>
>>     
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> No.
>
>   

I'm the first to admit that I'm no guru, but it seems to me that there 
_HAS_ to be some other issue that's not coming to light.

Last summer we bought a network printer, HP 6300 Series. Our network is 
set up kind of weird. My computer is directly connected to the main 
router. The printer is connected to a switch connected to a secondary 
router that is connected to the main router. [ don't ask why it's set up 
this way - it just is ] To get the printer up and running through CUPS 
is super simple [ 8.04, 8.10, 9.04 ]. From the admin page click "Find 
New Printers" then just click through the prompts, put in my user name 
and password and it's done. Fast, simple and _EASY_. [ about one tenth 
the time my better half took with her windows machine ] Connecting to a 
printer that's connected to the  same router should be a piece of cake.

Is there a possible problem with the cables, router, or the printer 
itself? CUPS can't "see" the printer so there has to be something 
blocking it. Can you beg, borrow another router and some new cables to 
try. Maybe a different printer.

It almost has to be one of those three. The only other possibility is 
that the 9.04 install is trashed.

We use _ONLY_ Linksys routers/switches and HP printers. Others have 
given us problems over the years. We also change out the firmware in the 
routers [ DD-WRT ].

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just pee on it and walk away.

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