Re: How do I setup the client and server for network printing?

On Sat, Sep 27, 2003 at 08:23:37PM +0000, Kent wrote:
> I am trying to setup a local subnet of Linux Red Hat V9.0 machines and use 
> CUPS to handle the printing.  I have one printer connected to one of the 
> machines.  I have been trying to configure the other machines as clients and 
> set them up as having remote printers.  I looked at all of the Admin/User 
> manuals on the CUPS.org site and did not find much detail as far as 
> configuring the network printers.  The RedHad GUI and the CUPS Printer web 
> admin page seems to go OK when I setup the remote printer, but the files 
> never get from the client to the server.
> 
> Is there a good example somewhere on how to correctly setup network printers 
> with CUPS?
> Or is there somewhere that will show where to look to find the bottle necks?
> 
> Kent Anderson
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I came across a post on a newsgroup on how to do this but did not save the
name of the group or the author of the post. Anyway, this is what he
suggested, and it worked for me, but also using debian.

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I'm using Debian rather than Red Hat, but here's what I did.  On the
server, modify /etc/cups/cupsd.conf as follows (note that my network is
192.168.1.0, broadcast is 196.168.1.255, you may need to modify these).
All of these entries should already be in the file, you will just need
to modify them:

Browsing On

BrowseAddress 192.168.1.255 

<Location />
Order Deny,Allowr
Deny From All
Allow From 127.0.0.1
Allow From 192.168.1.0/255.255.255.0
</Location>

Then on the clients, set "Browsing On" and leave the rest of the
configuration at defaults.  Do _not_ attempt to install a printer on the
client!  Restart cups on both machines.  Wait 30 seconds for the browse
info to propagate.  Browse to http://localhost:631 on the client.  You
should see the printer in the list and be able to print a test page.

Set the Print System to CUPS in the KDE Print Manager so you can look at
jobs and configure settings from there.  That should be all you need to
do.
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Bob Parnes
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