I got it to work! Thank you rcrsn51 for the Quirky tip.
rcrsn51 wrote:Open the CUPS web interface, click the Administration tab and select Find New Printers.
That didn't work but back in Puppy 4.1.2, I went through this explanation that comes with quirky 1.3 (see attachment) and it works!
This is what I did:
(Fortunately, I also have WinXP on by box which allowed me to find out the MAC address and IP address of the printer.)
Unfortunately, Puppy 4.1.2 has neither
dhcpd nor
bootpd. /etc/dhcpd.conf didn't exist.
I created /etc/dhcpd.conf with the following content:
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host iP4000R {
hardware ethernet 00-00-85-3C-32-B3;
fixed-address 192.168.178.35;
}
and I added this to /etc/hosts:
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#für Drucker:
192.168.178.35 iP4000R
then I ran
and it said:
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#PING 192.168.178.35 (192.168.178.35): 56 data bytes
64 bytes from 192.168.178.35: seq=0 ttl=64 time=5.949 ms
64 bytes from 192.168.178.35: seq=1 ttl=64 time=1.174 ms
64 bytes from 192.168.178.35: seq=2 ttl=64 time=1.172 ms
64 bytes from 192.168.178.35: seq=3 ttl=64 time=1.128 ms
64 bytes from 192.168.178.35: seq=4 ttl=64 time=1.119 ms
64 bytes from 192.168.178.35: seq=5 ttl=64 time=1.129 ms
64 bytes from 192.168.178.35: seq=6 ttl=64 time=1.207 ms
64 bytes from 192.168.178.35: seq=7 ttl=64 time=1.131 ms
--- 192.168.178.35 ping statistics ---
8 packets transmitted, 8 packets received, 0% packet loss
round-trip min/avg/max = 1.119/1.751/5.949 ms
(I terminated it with CTRL-C)
Then I ran the CUPS Printer Wizard to install a new printer:
name="iP4000R"
device="AppSocket/HPJetDirect"
device URI="socket://192.168.178.35"
Now I can print a test page, and Abiword also prints. Looks good!