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Browse Space | We have exchanged the Toshiba printers with Konica Minolta printers on Oktober 26th and 27th
Therefore the queue name changed to konica. This change will not automatically update your configuration or PPD file. |
The information given for Linux is complimentary and shared with best intent and knowledge. There is no support for Linux computers at Jacobs by IRC-IT!
Requirements:
- openSUSE running KDE desktop
- You need to know your JACOBS user account
- You need administrative access to the computer
- CUPS needs to be installed, running, and working
- Download the printer description file C552.ppd
From the start menue, search and select "Configure Printers" and use the YaST2 dialog to add a printer as follows:
- Select "Print via Network", start the "Connection Wizard"
- Connection Type: "Print Via Print Server Machine", suboption "Traditional UNIX Server (LPR)"
Use these properties:
| IP Address or Host Name | username@qpilot.jacobs-university.de (where "username" is your JACOBS user account aka CampusNet user name) |
|---|---|
| Queue Name | konica |
| Manufacturer | choose "Raw Queue" (to speed things up) |
The result looks like this:
After clicking "OK", the "Add New Printer Configuration" dialog opens. Click "Add Driver", then browse for the printer description file downloaded above and upload it, looking like this:
Click "OK" and wait for the progress bar to finish. Back in the "Add New Printer Configuration" search for "Toshiba 453" and select the description file just uploaded. Select "A4" as default paper size and give the local queue a meaningful name, looking like this:
Click "OK" and wait until the database is updated.
If you enter username@qpilot.jacobs-university.de in Yast2, do not worry about "Test Connection": yast will not recognize the username and the test will always fail.
For other Linuxes: How to manually add a printer to CUPS (only tested on OpenSuse)
Stop the cups daemon (as root: "rccups stop" or /etc/init.d/cups stop)
Add a similar entry to /etc/cups/printers.conf (replacing MYUSERNAME with yours...)
<Printer lp>
Info lp with driver TOSHIBA e-ST451c/453cSeries
MakeModel TOSHIBA e-ST451c/453cSeries
DeviceURI lpd://MYUSERNAME@qpilot.jacobs-university.de/toshiba
State Idle
StateTime 1298457769
Type 8401116
Filter application/vnd.cups-raw 0 -
Filter application/vnd.cups-command 0 commandtops
Filter application/vnd.cups-postscript 0 -
Accepting Yes
Shared Yes
JobSheets none none
QuotaPeriod 0
PageLimit 0
KLimit 0
OpPolicy default
ErrorPolicy stop-printer
</Printer>
Copy the file TSES4Djb.PPD (mentioned on top), to /etc/cups/ppd/lp.ppd
Start the cups daemon (as root: "rccups start" or /etc/init.d/cups start)
It's even easier to use the web interface for adding a printer: Bring up
then go to Administration -> Add Printer and enter the information provided above.
I noticed two potential problems:
- On Fedora, the standard printer administration tool rejects the provision of a user name in the lpd device URI. It is necessary to configure CUPS directly (through the web interface or by editing the configuration file as described).
- You may run into trouble if you name your local queue "toshiba", as there are already queues named "toshiba" advertised on the public network which are eventually autodiscovered and interfere with the local configuration.
Other than that, configuration worked without hitch, tested on Fedora and OpenSUSE.
Hi, what´s about the colour printer in Res. III, ground floor.
Obviously, it can not be used anymore directly via network, but
the option to print in color on the Toshiba printers is not
available for Linux users, is it? Did I miss some setting?
Thanks!
With Yast on opensuse, you just add the username in front of the Hostname, like this
username@qpilot.jacobs-university.de
Without Yast, edit the /etc/cups/printers.conf
DeviceURI lpd://username@qpilot.jacobs-university.de/toshiba