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#1 2009-06-26 18:22:09

sparks
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Help for linux newbie: 2 printers on a hub?

I've spent the last several days scouring the net in search of a good, clear-cut explanation of how to do this, but I'm still more confused than anything (I bet I could hook up an external drive to it now, though smile ). I DO have fun_plug installed, and I DO have SSH access, but that's about as far as I've gotten. Could someone please help me?

The two printers are a Brother HL-1430 and a HP Photosmart 1215 (which, as far as I know, aren't GDI printers -- which is less complicated, right?) on a USB 1.0 hub.

Here' my dmesg:

usb 1-1: new full speed USB device using ehci_platform and address 2
hub 1-1:1.0: USB hub found
hub 1-1:1.0: 7 ports detected
usb 1-1.2: new full speed USB device using ehci_platform and address 3
drivers/usb/class/usblp.c: usblp0: USB Bidirectional printer dev 3 if 0 alt 1 pr     oto 2 vid 0x0B39 pid 0x0801
usb 1-1.3: new full speed USB device using ehci_platform and address 4
usb 1-1.4: new full speed USB device using ehci_platform and address 5
drivers/usb/class/usblp.c: usblp0: USB Bidirectional printer dev 5 if 0 alt 1 pr     oto 2 vid 0x03F0 pid 0x3202
usb 1-1.5: new full speed USB device using ehci_platform and address 6
drivers/usb/class/usblp.c: usblp0: USB Bidirectional printer dev 6 if 0 alt 0 pr     oto 2 vid 0x04F9 pid 0x001A
usb 1-1.6: new full speed USB device using ehci_platform and address 7
usb 1-1.7: new full speed USB device using ehci_platform and address 8
root@D-Link_NAS:~# usblp.c

So how do I set up the NAS to make these printers available on the network?

(I'm also trying to get a scanner to work on the thing, but don't want to overdue it with my first post smile )

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#2 2009-06-29 13:50:59

sparks
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Re: Help for linux newbie: 2 printers on a hub?

Wow, I really didn't expect this to be such a challenging, or even unique, problem. Surely there are others who have managed to run more than one printer off of the thing.

Anyone?

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#3 2009-06-29 15:10:22

Bever
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Registered: 2009-06-24
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Re: Help for linux newbie: 2 printers on a hub?

How about chrooting debian and using cups?

http://dns323.kood.org/howto:chroot_debian

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#4 2009-06-29 19:22:05

sparks
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Re: Help for linux newbie: 2 printers on a hub?

Whoa! I guess I really underestimated what all is involved to do something like this. It looks like I'll have to spend more time with this than I anticipated. Unless someone knows of a simpler strategy, I'll start slogging through the debian and cups material to figure out what I need to do. (That Belkin usb hub over lan is starting to look not so expensive, afterall... wink )

Thanks for your suggestion, Bever!

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#5 2009-06-29 19:39:38

Bever
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Re: Help for linux newbie: 2 printers on a hub?

Well, I don't know whether anyone has compiled cups to work with ffp yet... Or maybe there is a way to reconfigure the lpd to support two local printers. Adding them both to samba would be cake afterwards.

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#6 2009-06-29 22:09:45

wortelsoft
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Registered: 2009-06-08
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Re: Help for linux newbie: 2 printers on a hub?

You have cups for optware. Haven't got any experience with it though.

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#7 2009-06-30 15:51:48

oxygen
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Re: Help for linux newbie: 2 printers on a hub?

It's possible to compile cups in fonz fun plug (i have done it to have bonjour avaiable). but for a linux newbee it will be a challanging task.

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#8 2009-07-01 00:41:40

sparks
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From: Germany
Registered: 2009-06-26
Posts: 11

Re: Help for linux newbie: 2 printers on a hub?

OK, thanks for all the tips. If I happen to find a good procedure for doing it, I'll be sure to share it here. Cheers! smile

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