Printing: Lan -> Router -> WLan-Printer ?

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Mati · Post by **Mati** » Sun May 03, 2015 11:41 am

HI,

my machine (no WLAN) is connected via LAN to the router which communicates via WLAN to the WLAN-printer. Is it possible to print from my machine via LAN->WLAN and if so, what do i have to do/install as package?

Thanks a lot!

charles17 · Post by **charles17** » Sun May 03, 2015 11:58 am

You just need cups and it should work the same way as for the Brother networked printers.

Post by **NeddySeagoon** » Sun May 03, 2015 12:02 pm

Mati,

Your router needs to be able to route traffic to the WLAN and accept replies from the WLAN.

NB accepting replies is not the same as allowing the WLAN to connect to the Wired LAN.
The latter is insecure but most home routers won't know the difference.

Mati · Post by **Mati** » Sun May 03, 2015 12:37 pm

Thanks a lot so far. Could you point me to where i should start when cups is already installed? I really never did something like that...

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/etc/cups $ ls -l
insgesamt 24
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root   31  7. Mär 20:31 client.conf
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 2834 16. Apr 11:38 cups-browsed.conf
-rw-r----- 1 root lp   3030  7. Mär 20:31 cups-files.conf
-rw-r----- 1 root lp   4362  7. Mär 20:31 cupsd.conf
drwxr-xr-x 2 root lp     35  7. Mär 20:32 interfaces
drwxr-xr-x 2 root lp     35  7. Mär 20:32 ppd
-rw-r----- 1 root lp    142  7. Mär 20:31 snmp.conf
drwxr-xr-x 2 root lp     35  7. Mär 20:32 ssl

Post by **NeddySeagoon** » Sun May 03, 2015 12:43 pm

Mati,

Add cupsd to the default runlevel and start it if its not running.
Browse. to localhost:631 and set things up.
If you are asked for a username and password, its root and roots password.

Mati · Post by **Mati** » Sun May 03, 2015 3:42 pm

Thanks, i started the cups service and can connect to http://localhost:631/admin/. However, it does not find any printer. "No printers available".

By choosing add printer i don't know which type to choose or how i could figure this out. Its simply a wlan-printer communicating with the router...

Any hints how to proceed?

charles17 · Post by **charles17** » Sun May 03, 2015 3:56 pm

Mati wrote:Thanks, i started the cups service and can connect to http://localhost:631/admin/. However, it does not find any printer. "No printers available".

By choosing add printer i don't know which type to choose or how i could figure this out. Its simply a wlan-printer communicating with the router...

Any hints how to proceed?

Didn't the screenshots in https://wiki.gentoo.org/wiki/Brother_ne ... he_printer tell you how to proceed?