So next on the Slug trail was the installation of CUPS.
It’s a straight forward optware package install. Then you set up you printer, and away you go. This network enables the printer so it can be used from anywhere on the network. It also spools the jobs and manages the print queue, so you can print even when the printer is turned off, and as soon as you turn it on, it starts churning away.
I’ve just spotted that the print test page doesn’t work from within cups, but printing works fine from within windows. This is something to do with the ghostscript stuff and there appears to be some issue with the versions.
The other thing to remember… if you reboot, start your printer back up from the CUPS admin interface – this had me stumped for a while!