9 May
2018
9 May
'18
1:03 a.m.
I wanted to print something tonight and went to the web interface for the laser
printer:
http://192.168.42.2:8888/
(it only works if you're in the Omni)
and when I tried to print it didn't work. Why? Because someone stole the
ethernet cable that had been connecting the printer to the network! Why would
you do that? don't do that.
It took me a long time but i found a replacement cable of the right length, and
i put it back up there, and then i was able to print.
if you want to print, go to the above address. If you just want to check in on
the printer (and make sure its ethernet cable isn't unplugged) you can go to:
http://100.64.64.88/
thank you
-jake
P.S. Tom Levine made the excellent web interface above, unfortunately it
doesn't know what to do if the printer isn't online.
9 May
9 May
5:22 a.m.
An ambitious sudoer may consider adjusting the interface to display
pending jobs. One approach is to adjust the web interface program.
https://thomaslevine.com/scm/horetu/dir?ci=57d8db2ffc803958&name=exampl…
Another is to create a link to http://localhost:631 (CUPS). You may
need to enable access by remote hosts in CUPS , or to write a ProxyPass
directive in the web server.
I can do either next time I make it to sudo, but whimsy makes that seem
likely to be a while from now.
26 Jul
26 Jul
12:22 a.m.
I have no idea how to figure out why the print server isn't working.
OK i taught myself stuff like how to look into cups (common unix print server)
the printer is fine (visiting http://100.64.64.88/ says it's in power-saving
mode, ready to print)
the server appears OK but never reports errors anyway
the CUPS server is at http://localhost:631/ but it doesn't let me do anything,
and even if it did, it only has the ability to kill one job at a time, and
there are dozens of jobs..
ok eventually, on space (the computer hosting the print server) i ran
sudo cancel -ax Lexmark
and
sudo cupsenable Lexmark
and then shit started eventually working.
does anyone know how to get the machine to accept connections to the cups web
interface? I can see it thusly:
lynx http://localhost:631
ok i figured it out, change localhost to 0.0.0.0 in /etc/cups/cupsd.conf and
then sudo service cups restart
now we can see the cups page from outside the computer.
tom, can you put the cups server in a frame with the print server?
and also maybe the part of the printer's page at the top, to the right of the
Lexmark logo, where it says present status? If you feel like it.
http://192.168.42.2:8888
http://192.168.42.2:631
-jake
On Wed, 9 May 2018, Thomas Levine wrote:
An ambitious sudoer may consider adjusting the
interface to display
pending jobs. One approach is to adjust the web interface program.
https://thomaslevine.com/scm/horetu/dir?ci=57d8db2ffc803958&name=exampl…
Another is to create a link to http://localhost:631 (CUPS). You may
need to enable access by remote hosts in CUPS , or to write a ProxyPass
directive in the web server.
I can do either next time I make it to sudo, but whimsy makes that seem
likely to be a while from now.
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