[PLUG] Cannot get to printer

[Denis Heidtmann]

On Sat, Jul 2, 2016 at 4:35 PM, Ken Stephens <kens at cad2cam.com> wrote:

> Denis Heidtmann wrote:
> > On Sat, Jul 2, 2016 at 4:11 PM, Rich Shepard <rshepard at appl-ecosys.com>
> > wrote:
> >
> >> On Sat, 2 Jul 2016, Denis Heidtmann wrote:
> >>
> >>> I had no problem until yesterday.  It has likely been a number days
> since
> >>> I last used it, and maybe a system update was performed in the interim,
> >>> but nothing major.
> >> Denis,
> >>
> >>     In your web browser, enter the URL of http://localhost:631. Take a
> >> look at
> >> the Printers page. You might need to be root (as the CUPS admin) to
> effect
> >> changes; I've no idea how the ubuntus are set up.
> >>
> >>     Now and then I find my main printer non-responsive. From the
> Printers
> >> page
> >> I follow the link for that printer and can re-start it if it's not
> idle, or
> >> (in the worse case) remove and re-add the printer.
> >>
> >>     That admin page also allows you to manipulate jobs in the print
> queue
> >> and
> >> do other useful stuff.
> >>
> >> HTH,
> >>
> >> Rich
> >>
> > This what I get:  Firefox can't establish a connection to the server at
> > localhost:631.
> >
> > I think the messages say the server is not working, so there is nothing
> to
> > connect to.
> >
> > -Denis
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> Check your firewall.  Port 631 maybe blocked.
>
> Ken


I have no active firewall.