lpd printing paused

Is the print driver compatible with Lion?

statler wrote:

6. In the address field type the printer you which to use in these formats

username@its-pharos3.ds.strath.ac.uk

Usually into the address field you must type the IP address of the printer not the e-mail address.

Alberto Ravasio wrote:

statler wrote:

6. In the address field type the printer you which to use in these formats

username@its-pharos3.ds.strath.ac.uk

Usually into the address field you must type the IP address of the printer not the e-mail address.

It is not the email address. The username in front of the @ symbol indicates the Windows account name that the print queue is to be authenticated with. And the information after the @ would be the FQDN of the printer, which is called "its-pharos3".

statler wrote:

Now under 10.7 all that happens is the job is sent and then comes back as queue paused. Whats gone wrong?

The issue could be that for LPD print queues you usually don't need to authenticate to the Windows server. So one suggestion would be to create the LPD queue again but don't enter the username and @. Just enter the FQDN of the printer or the IP address as you mention.

If authentication is required then the syntax shown above is typically used for SMB connections. To create an SMB queue with authenitcation information you have to add the Advanced menu to the Add Printer toolbar. With the Add Printer pane open, control-click in the toolbar and select Customize Toolbar from the menu that appears. Then drag the Advanced icon to the toolbar and OK the change. Now you can click the Advanced icon and select "Windows printer" for the Type and in the URL field, after the smb://, add your information as you have done before.

you have to add the Advanced menu to the Add Printer toolbar

Thank you PAHU. I didn't know that. There is alway something new to learn 🙂