[Cialug] Puppy Linux printing issue

[Scott Prader]

Can you access the CUPS administration page for the printer?  Is there
an option to 'resume printer'?

Scott

On Tue, Jan 5, 2016 at 10:18 AM, Tom Sellers <tomsellers2001 at yahoo.com> wrote:
> I have wondered about the authentication security as well but have not been able to find any place to enter security information when setting up the printer in puppy.  When I first connect to my samba file shares I am always prompted for a username and password but I get no prompt when sending a print job such as a test page or document.
> I have seen on line that others have seen something like this but no solutions.  One just said he prints to a PDF file and then moves the PDF file to a shared location and prints it from another machine.  That may be my only solution.  Round about but it does work.
> Thanks!
>       From: Barry Von Ahsen <vonahsen at gmail.com>
>  To: Central Iowa Linux Users Group <cialug at cialug.org>
>  Sent: Tuesday, January 5, 2016 8:55 AM
>  Subject: Re: [Cialug] Puppy Linux printing issue
>
> two things that stand out to me - /usr/lib/cups/backend/smb failed and user=anonymous
>
> do you need to authenticate to the printer share?  maybe that's set in mint and not in puppy?
>
> -barry
>
>
>> On Dec 26, 2015, at 12:01 PM, Tom Sellers <tomsellers2001 at yahoo.com> wrote:
>>
>> I have puppy Linux (Precise 5.7.1) that I run from a USB stick.  The problem is that I have been unable to set up printing fromthis system.  I run Linux Mint 17 on the same laptop which is installed on the hard drive and I am able to print from that
>> system without issue to the same printer.  The printer is shared on a Windows desktop PC.
>>
>> Given the fact that the Linux Mint system running on the same laptop is able to print to the Windows shared printer, it seemsthat the Windows print share is recognized from Linux systems.
>>
>> I have included some screen grabs from the Puppy linux system which I am also sending this message from.
>>
>> Any ideas?
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