[clue-tech] CUPS remote printing

[Collins Richey]

On 3/5/07, Warren Turkal <wt at penguintechs.org> wrote:
> On Monday 05 March 2007 20:36, Collins Richey wrote:


>
> Do you have a queue for the printer on the desktop? If not, create it and test
> it.

Yes, local queue works just fine.

Once you have the queue working locally, check the /etc/cups/cupsd.conf
> to make sure you have browsing on. I have the following two lines to enable
> it in my cupsd.conf.
>
> Browsing On             #turns browsing on
> BrowseAddress @LOCAL    #broadcasts queues to local networks

Did this.
>

> Okay, now we move to the client.
>
> In cupsd.conf, make sure the following three lines exist.
>
> Browsing On            #turns browsing on
> BrowseOrder allow,deny #browsing info policy policy
> BrowseAllow @LOCAL     #allow browsing broadcasts from local networks

Did this.

>
> I believe that this can also be set from the web gui. On the laptop, go to
> http://localhost:631/admin/, and make sure that "Show printers shared by
> other systems" is checked.

This is done.

>
> This should allow your laptop to discover broadcasted queues on it's local
> network. My laptop will discover my queues on my local network at home, and
> it will discover the queues on my work network when I am at work.
>
> Also, in KDE, make sure you have the CUPS system selected as your printing
> system.

Same results after changes. Next thoughts?


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