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Old 09-12-2008
Experiment with the various -v options under "Network Protocols Supported by CUPS" on this page:

Documentation - Common UNIX Printing System

lpinfo may also give you some clues about the options supported by your printer.
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Old 09-12-2008
thanks for all your help. i did a last minute check of the IP and it turns out that i couldn't PING it. turns out the IP had changed!!! i guess static IPs can change!!! just printed some papers and i'm good to go. thanks again for all of your help.
 
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