{"id":238,"date":"2016-09-10T10:34:05","date_gmt":"2016-09-10T09:34:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/tollana.d-tor.org\/notes-to-self\/?p=238"},"modified":"2016-11-27T00:34:43","modified_gmt":"2016-11-26T23:34:43","slug":"printing-troubles","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/tollana.d-tor.org\/notes-to-self\/?p=238","title":{"rendered":"Printing troubles"},"content":{"rendered":"

In a painful, tedious quest to make my OKI B431dn actually print from a Windows VM I learned\u00a0several things:<\/p>\n

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  1. First and foremost: It really, really helps if your printer doesn’t share the IPv4 address with your TV (even if it’s turned off!)<\/li>\n
  2. Thinking that you can get the\u00a0IPv6-stacks on embedded devices such as said printer to work is just wishful thinking<\/li>\n
  3. That I (fortunately) didn’t set an admin password for my printer<\/li>\n
  4. That my SAMSUNG TV is still online even on standby<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

    To elaborate: My quest started, because I wanted my Windows 10 VM to print. Easy enough, you’d think, but nothing is as easy as it seems \ud83d\ude41<\/p>\n

    Adventure Levels:<\/h6>\n
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    1. Fight with cups and Windows and encryption (http vs. https). That was a red herring.<\/li>\n
    2. Fight with Samba, shared printers and Windows: another red herring<\/li>\n
    3. Fight with different drivers or PPDs<\/li>\n
    4. Find out that printing via localhost cups is also painstakingly slow<\/li>\n
    5. Eventually figure out that the printer shares the IP with my TV<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n
      Solution:<\/h6>\n