Re: Network printing failure

On 23/02/11 18:25, Len Lawrence wrote:
> On 23/02/11 14:58, Len Lawrence wrote:
>> Wireless router = Buffalo Nfiniti
>> Printer = HP all-in-one CN503B wireless
>>
>
Success!  At least for the desktop.
Connected the printer on USB and installed it with CUPS, same driver as 
before.  That worked fine.

Found a note on setting up network printers at LinuxQuestions.org 
(2005).  This recommended the socket approach.  In CUPS the URI is:

socket://192.168.11.5:9100

Simples!  That worked like a charm.  The testpage came out over the network.
Next step; disconnect the USB cable and run the previous command to make 
sure.
Problem solved.  The article recommended using ipp but one respondent 
had no luck with that and tried using sockets and found that that worked 
fine.

Does anybody know if there is a good reason to prefer ipp rather than 
socket?  Are there security issues or bandwidth limitations or ...?

Next things to try are sending images and printing from either laptop.

Thanking you for your attention

Len