[PLUG] Where are cups website files?

[Michael Barnes]

On Fri, Apr 3, 2020 at 2:07 PM Tomas Kuchta <tomas.kuchta.lists at gmail.com>
wrote:

> What Linux distro are you using?
>
>
> On Fri, Apr 3, 2020, 09:39 Michael Barnes <barnmichael at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> > On Thu, Apr 2, 2020 at 8:44 AM Ben Koenig <techkoenig at gmail.com> wrote:
> >
> > > Is this printer the  HP Color Laserjet 2600n that started printing
> washed
> > > out colors for no reason?
> > >
> > > On Thu, Apr 2, 2020 at 12:54 AM Michael Barnes <barnmichael at gmail.com>
> > > wrote:
> > >
> > > > On Wed, Apr 1, 2020 at 9:00 AM Rich Shepard <
> rshepard at appl-ecosys.com>
> > > > wrote:
> > > >
> > > > > On Wed, 1 Apr 2020, Michael Barnes wrote:
> > > > >
> > > > > > Everything was working fine until I changed routers about six
> > months
> > > > ago
> > > > > > and had to change the ip address for the printer. Nothing related
> > to
> > > > the
> > > > > > printer has worked right since.
> > > > >
> > > > > Michael,
> > > > >
> > > > > I don't know how Mint does things so my thoughts might not apply.
> > > > >
> > > > > This looks like a local, LAN, issue. Do you have an /etc/hosts file
> > or
> > > > does
> > > > > your router hand out local IP addresses via dhcpd?
> > > > >
> > > > > Can you ping the printer's IP address or hostname?
> > > > >
> > > > > Do you have an /etc/resolv.conf file? If so, what sayeth it?
> > > > >
> > > > > Regards,
> > > > >
> > > > > Rich
> > > > >
> > > >
> > > > It has nothing to do with the network. It is  a problem with
> printing
> > > from
> > > > this computer. I can ping the printer and I can bring up the printer
> > > > config/status web page. It is not communication. It is an hplip/cups
> > > issue.
> > > >
> > > > Michael
> > > > ________
> > >
> >
> > Yes, this is a continuation of the original issue.
> >
> > To recap:
> > About six months or so ago I replaced my router, which required changing
> > the IP address on my printer. After the IP address change, the print
> became
> > washed out with a yellow/greenish tint. At first I thought it was a
> printer
> > problem. Later, I discovered that it printed fine from my other
> computers.
> > It was suggested several times it may be a driver problem. I had asked
> how
> > to update or otherwise fix the driver problem, but got no replies. I got
> by
> > with it for a while as the colors were not a big issue at the time.
> > Recently, I had to change routers again, with IP address changes as well.
> > From several other sources I was recommended to visit a web page that
> > discussed updating hplip. I followed the instructions there and installed
> > the latest version of hplip. The installation removed the previous
> version
> > of hplip and my previous printer information. Following the listed
> > procedure, it progressed fine until it started the printer install. Once
> it
> > discovered my printer, it said a special binary plugin was required and
> > proceeded to install it. The installation was successful, but it again
> said
> > the binary plugin was required. This repeated a number of times, plugin
> > required, install plugin, plugin installation successful, plugin
> required,
> > install... ad nauseum. Some Internet searches revealed many people had
> > experienced this behavior over at least eight years, but the complaints
> > were never answered or solved.
> >
> > So, I tried to use cups and skip hplip. The various instructions all say
> to
> > go to localhost:631 for the web interface to cups. I verified cups is
> > installed and running. When I bring up the web interface, the opening
> pages
> > displays fine. However, any local link I click on simply goes to a page
> > that says "Not Found". Remote links to forums, cups websites, etc. all
> work
> > fine. There are a variety of help files, which I located at
> > /usr/share/cups/doc-root/help/. I can browse directly to that folder and
> > display the various helpfiles directly, but not through the localhost:631
> > home page. The  add printer command Adding Printers and Classes
> > <http://localhost:631/admin>(localhost:631/Admin) also says not found.
> >
> > Now, neither hplip nor cups seem to be able to add my printer and I
> cannot
> > print at all from this computer. I think my next step might be to try to
> > remove hplip completely and reinstall cups and go that route. My other
> two
> > Mint computers do not seem to have hplip installed but only use cups and
> > they print just fine.
> >
> > We'll see.
> >
> > Michael
>

Linux Mint 18.3

Michael